After Shanghai, coming to Beijing alarmed the increase in COVID-19 cases
Diners wait to eat at a restaurant in Beijing – Photo: REUTERS
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said community transmissions began in the city about a week ago and were linked to schools and tour groups. .
“There have been transmissions in the past week and the infected people have come from different backgrounds and have different activities,” said Pang Xinghuo.
Out of 15 cases COVID-19 Symptoms were recorded on April 23, there were 12 cases in Chaoyang district in the east of the city, 2 cases in Fangshan district in the southwest and 1 case in Thuan Nghia district in the northeast.
The Beijing government will conduct mass testing of elderly people who have joined tour groups, construction workers and schools in epidemic clusters.
According to the sheet Beijing DailyBeijing leaders had to meet all morning and evening on April 22 to discuss ways to combat the epidemic.
“The meeting indicated that the potential risk of contagion is very high. The situation is very urgent,” the newspaper said Beijing Daily news.
A delivery man wearing protective gear delivers items to a residential area in Shanghai – Photo: REUTERS
According to the newspaper SCMPChina is facing a new wave of COVID-19 and the heaviest is the city of Shanghai, which has been locked down for the past 4 weeks to prevent the epidemic.
Shanghai was initially reluctant to blockade the entire city but then took more drastic measures as cases continued to increase.
The blockade caused great damage not only economically but also mentally, but it did not reduce the number of cases as expected.
On April 23, Shanghai recorded 23,370 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 466,000 since March 1.
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