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| China locks down TEN more Beijing neighborhoods over new Covid-19 outbreak at wholesale market | China locks down TEN more Beijing neighborhoods over new Covid-19 outbreak at wholesale market |
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| In response to the new coronavirus outbreak connected to Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing, the city has introduced strict quarantine measures in ten neighborhoods in Haidian District. | In response to the new coronavirus outbreak connected to Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing, the city has introduced strict quarantine measures in ten neighborhoods in Haidian District. |
| For the second day in a row, after months of almost no new Covid-19 cases, China has reported dozens of new locally-transmitted infections – including 36 in Beijing, where a new cluster was discovered several days ago. | |
| The fresh outbreak in the capital was linked to a large food market, Xinfadi, which was promptly shut down on Saturday, along with several other markets in the area, as well a schools and kindergartens. | |
| Mass screening was ramped in the area, with more than 41,510 people from the neighborhoods around Xinfadi having been tested as on Monday morning. City officials earlier said they were planning to test all workers and traders at the market, which is around 10,000 people. | |
| Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan warned of “high risk” of the coronavirus spreading further in Beijing and called for a "strictest” investigation to determine the source of the new hotspot. In the meantime, several senior officials the capital’s Fengtai District, where Xinfadi is located, for failing to properly carry out disease prevention measures. | |
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