The city reported 137 new coronavirus infections in almost a week. FMTNews Covid19
BEIJING: Beijing officials reported several new Covid-19 cases for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, extending an outbreak that has forced the Chinese capital’s authorities to reinstate strict defences against the coronavirus.
Authorities on Tuesday raised Beijing to a level two alert, the second-highest level in a four-tier Covid-19 emergency response level system. That reversed a one-step downgrade from level two to level three a mere 10 days earlier. Under the level two restrictions, the city’s roads and highways were still open, companies and factories were not ordered to stop work, and there was no blanket curb on residential compounds.
The outbreak has been traced to the sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food centre in the southwest of Beijing where thousands of tonnes of vegetables, fruit and meat change hands each day.
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