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Table 2 Time points of some key actions in the mainland of China

From: China’s practice to prevent and control COVID-19 in the context of large population movement

Area

First case

diagnosed

Emergency response timing sequence

Work resuming&

School reopening&, #

 

Level 2

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Junior middle school

Senior middle school

Primary school

kindergarten

University

Vocational school

Hubei

Jan. 10

Jan. 22

Jan. 24

May 2

-

-

Feb. 13

May 6

Mid–May

-

-

-

-

Tibet

Jan. 28

Jan. 27

Jan. 29

Mar. 6

-

-

Feb. 2

Mar. 21

Mar. 15

-

-

-

-

Qinghai

Jan. 25

 

Jan. 25

 

Feb. 26

Mar. 6

Feb. 2

Mar. 16

Mar. 9

-

-

Apr. 1

Mar. 9

Xinjiang

Jan. 23

 

Jan. 25

Feb. 25

Mar. 7

Mar.21

Feb. 2

Mar.16

Mar. 16

Apr. 8

-

Apr. 8

Mar. 16

Ningxia

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 25

Feb. 28

May 6

-

Feb. 2

Mar. 25

Mar. 25

May 27

-

May 8

May 8

Neimenggu

Jan. 23

 

Jan. 25

 

Feb. 25

-

Feb. 9

Mar. 30

Mar. 30

May 7

-

May 7

May 7

Jilin

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 25

Feb. 26

Mar. 20

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 7

Apr. 7

June 1

-

May 7

-

Gansu

Jan. 23

 

Jan. 25

 

Feb. 21

May 11

Feb. 2

Apr. 13

Apr. 9

Apr. 13

May 25

Apr. 13

Apr. 9

Guizhou

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 24

 

Feb. 23

-

Feb. 2

Mar. 16

Mar. 16

May 25

May 25

Apr. 21

Apr. 21

Tianjin

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 24

Apr.30

June 6

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 20

Apr. 20

May 18

June 2

May 15

May 15

Liaoning

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 25

 

Feb. 22

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 15

Apr. 15

May 18

-

May 8

-

Shanxi*

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 25

Feb. 24

Mar. 10

-

Feb. 2

Mar. 25

Apr. 25

May 18

June 2

Apr.10

Apr. 25

Hainan

Jan. 23

Jan. 24

Jan. 25

 

Feb. 26

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 7

Apr. 7

Apr. 20

May 13

May 9

Apr. 13

Yunnan

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 24

 

Feb. 24

-

Feb. 9

Mar. 23

Mar. 23

Apr. 26

May 25

May 6

May 6

Hebei

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 24

Apr. 30

June 6

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 23

Apr. 23

June 1

June 8

June 6

June 1

Shanxi

Jan. 23

 

Jan. 25

 

Feb. 28

-

Feb. 2

Mar. 30

Apr. 7

Apr.27

June 8

Apr. 27

Apr. 7

Guangxi

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 24

 

Feb. 24

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 7

Apr. 7

May 6

May 25

Apr. 22

Apr. 7

Fujian

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 24

Feb. 26

Mar. 19

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 7

Apr. 7

May 11

May 20

May 6

May 6

Heilongjiang

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 25

Mar. 4

Mar. 25

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 13

Apr. 7

June 20

-

June 1

-

Shanghai

Jan. 20

 

Jan. 24

Mar. 23

May. 9

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 27

Apr. 27

June 2

June 2

Apr. 27

-

Beijing

Jan. 20

 

Jan. 24

Apr. 30

June 6

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 27

June 1

June 1

June 8

June 6

June 6

Sichuan

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 24

Feb. 26

Mar. 25

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 1

Apr. 7

June 2

June 2

May 16

Apr. 7

Shandong

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 24

Mar. 7

May. 6

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 15

Apr. 15

May 18

Early–June

May 18

Apr. 15

Jiangsu

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 24

Feb. 24

Mar. 27

-

Feb. 9

Mar. 30

Mar. 30

Apr. 7

-

Apr 13

Apr. 7

Chongqing

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 24

Mar. 10

Mar. 24

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 20

Apr. 20

Apr. 27

-

May 11

Apr. 20

Anhui

Jan. 22

 

Jan. 24

Feb. 25

Mar. 15

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 13

Apr. 7

Apr. 20

May 11

May 6

Apr. 20

Jiangxi

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 24

Mar. 12

Mar. 20

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 7

Apr. 7

May 18

May 25

Apr.23

Apr. 7

Hunan

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 24

Mar. 10

Apr. 1

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 7

Apr. 7

-

-

Mid–May

Mid–May

Henan

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 25

Mar. 19

May 6

-

Feb. 2

Apr. 7

Apr. 7

May 10

May 25

May 10

May 10

Guangdong

Jan. 19

 

Jan. 23

Feb. 24

May 9

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 27

Apr. 27

May 11

June 2

May 11

May 18

Zhejiang

Jan. 21

 

Jan. 23

Mar. 2

Mar. 23

-

Feb. 9

Apr. 13

Apr. 13

May 6

Mid–May

Apr. 26

Apr. 26

  1. Note: “*”: is the province geographically near the Hebei province, “-”: the dates are still not fixed or not collected, “&”: except for some important enterprises related to national economy and people’s livelihood, the actual work resuming dates mustn’t be early than the fixed date or the actual school reopening dates were not early than the fixed date. And the fixed date here is just for reference. Local governments need to detail the arrangements to avoid the peak of return passenger flow. Generally, for school, graduates first, senior students second and then other students in each kind of school