Saturday, 13 June 2020

Beijing reimposes lockdown measures after new Covid-19 outbreak

Dozens of domestically transmitted cases at city’s largest wholesale food market prompt move * Coronavirus – latest updates * See all our coronavirus coverage Parts of Beijing have reimposed lockdown measures after a cluster of locally transmitted coronavirus cases emerged nearly two months after the Chinese capital appeared to have stamped out the virus. The outbreak, linked to a major wholesale food market, raised serious questions about the challenges of keeping the disease at bay, even in countries such as China where authoritarian rule allows harsh containment regulations and invasive tracing systems. Continue reading...
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