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    Parts of Beijing locked down due to fresh coronavirus cases

    Parts of Beijing locked down due to fresh coronavirus cases
    Written by Shalini Ojha
    Jun 14, 2020, 12:58 am 3 min read
    Parts of Beijing locked down due to fresh coronavirus cases

    Authorities at China's capital, Beijing, are moving hastily to stem a fresh wave of coronavirus after few new cases were reported in the last two days. On Saturday, as part of a partial lockdown program, residents of at least 11 estates in the Fengtai district were prohibited from leaving homes. Most of the new infections were traced to a local meat market.

    The virus originated in China, ravaged countries, crashed economies

    After its outbreak in China's Wuhan in December, last year, coronavirus battered nations in the following months. 428,352 have died in the pandemic and 7,741,062 have been infected. Globally, sweeping lockdowns have been announced, healthcare systems have collapsed, and economies destroyed. China claims it lost 4,634 to COVID-19 but many believe it concealed crucial data, both about the virus's nature, and the destruction.

    Fresh coronavirus cases forced Beijing to return to strict measures

    Lately, China let its guard down as cases dipped. Hubei province, once worst-hit, decided to lower its emergency response. But the reports from Beijing forced the administration to return to strict measures. On Thursday, Beijing's Xicheng district reported its first coronavirus case in 56 days, according to People's Daily. The patient, surnamed Tang, hadn't left Beijing in the last two weeks.

    People in close contact were quarantined

    On Friday, the man's 38 contacts were tested. The same day two locally transmitted cases were reported from the Fengtai district. They worked together at the China Meat Research Centre. Soon, 43 close contacts of the two were found and put under institutional quarantine. One of them, a man surnamed Liu, visited the wholesale Xinfadi market. Tang had also paid a visit there.

    Paramilitary forces visited markets, schools were shut

    Officials announced six fresh, including the aforementioned, cases on Saturday. The Xinfadi market and another seafood market was shut for sanitization. AFP reporters saw dozens of paramilitary police officers at both markets. Fengtai district officials said a "wartime mechanism" and "field command center" has been established to deal with this fresh wave. Nine schools and kindergartens were shut and cross-provincial trips halted.

    Chopping boards became the source of virus

    After this worrying development, Beijing's administration for market supervision said observation will be stepped up not only over markets selling fresh produce, frozen meat and seafood, but also over warehouses, supermarkets, and restaurants that use large amounts of meat. The virus was detected on the chopping boards used to handle imported salmon, the chairman of Xinfadi meat market informed news agencies.

    Beijing tested hundreds after new wave was reported

    Meanwhile, Beijing authorities launched a massive testing program for those who came in close contact with the Xinfadi market after May 30. On Friday, nearly 2,000 wholesale market workers of Beijing were tested. 46 tested positive but showed no symptoms. They were put under strict observation. Barring one, who worked with farmers' market in Haidian district, all of them were employed at Xinfadi.

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