Rural areas step up anti-COVID efforts in China's northwest

STORY: Rural areas step up anti-COVID efforts in China's northwest DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the local officials and staff working 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIAO NAN, Director of medicine purchasing department of Luanzhen township hospital STORYLINE: Local officials and staff have made all-out efforts to deal with the epidemic in rural areas in the Chang'an District of Xi'an City, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Chang'an District has set up special teams for epidemic prevention and control in rural areas. Local staff have been assigned to ensure the health of the elderly and other groups with underlying diseases. 7,000 medical kits have been distributed to needy groups as Chang'an District increased the medical supplies to the rural areas. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIAO NAN, Director of medicine purchasing department of Luanzhen township hospital "Not long ago, our hospital was particularly short of antibio