Beijing lockdown tightens as new coronavirus outbreak spreads
China capital enters ‘extraordinary period’ after another 36 new cases are linked to a second seafood market
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Beijing authorities have locked down residential compounds and fired officials over a new Covid-19 outbreak as health officials warned the risk of the outbreak worsening was “very high”.
On Monday, authorities announced 49 new cases, 36 of which were linked to the Xinfadi seafood supermarket in Beijing’s southern Fengtai district. The market was closed on Saturday after it was identified as being at the centre of a new cluster of cases.
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