Striving to improve supplies to worst-hit regions

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BEIJING: China has taken a wide range of measures to effectively increase supplies of vegetables and daily necessities to Shanghai and Jilin province, which have been hit hardest by recent Covid-19 outbreaks.

The measures include arranging interprovincial distribution, setting up transit hubs and facilitating freight transport, officials said.