Beijing announced to cut off the chain of transmission of COVID-19

Officials in China’s capital Beijing claim to have “effectively cut off” the chain of transmission COVID-19 after 5 consecutive days no cases of illness were reported outside the isolation area.

The above information was announced by Ms. Peng Xinghua, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention at a press conference held on the afternoon of June 8.

Ms. Peng Tinh Hoa stated: “Currently, the city’s chain of transmission has been effectively contained, the secondary infections of the recent clusters are all cases in the isolation areas under observation… This has achieved phased results”.

The official’s statement came after Beijing said it had not recorded any COVID-19 cases outside the quarantine area for five consecutive days and that no new high-risk areas had been detected until now. the afternoon of 8/6. This is also the first time since April 22, Beijing has no new cases of the day.

However, in the morning of June 9, at least 2 residential areas in the city were “temporarily blocked”, after the Xuong Binh district announced that a PRC sample tested positive and Trieu district. Duong also said that one sample here gave abnormal results. That shows the fragility of achieving “Zero-COVID” in the community in China.

Earlier, on the afternoon of June 8, according to Beijing government spokesman Xu Hejian, the city would accelerate the orderly resumption of production in districts not restricted by COVID-19.

From June 9, Beijing began to lift restrictions in Fengtai district, including ending the work-from-home rule implemented on May 31 and resumption of public transportation, as well as the resumption of public transport. such as reopening dinner service at restaurants along with gyms and cinemas, with a 75% capacity limit.

According to the Beijing Health Commission, the city reported a total of 1,831 cases of COVID-19 between April 22 and 3 p.m. on June 8.