World

China-Beijing lockdown tightens as new coronavirus outbreak spreads

Authorities in Beijing 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 wholesale market was closed on Saturday after it was identified as being at the centre of a new cluster of cases.
“The risk of the epidemic spreading is very high, so we should take resolute and decisive measures,” Xu Hejian, a spokesman for the Beijing city government, said at a press briefing on Monday. On Sunday he said Beijing had entered “an extraordinary period”.

Source: (The Guardian)

R

Leave a Comment
Share
Published by
R

Recent Posts

500 Jobs at Stake: Kaïs Saïed Wants to Relaunch the Mazzouna Plant as a Community Company (Video)

During a visit to Mazzouna (Sidi Bouzid Governorate) on Friday, April 18, President Kaïs Saïed…

21 heures ago

Sousse: Arrest of a foreigner in possession of 400 grams of cocaine

The officers of the Tourist Police in the northern Sousse area were able to apprehend…

22 heures ago

Tunisia – Saied receives Minister of Health to follow up on his visit to El Mazzouna

President Kais Saied welcomed Minister of Health Mustapha Ferjani at the Carthage Palace on Friday,…

22 heures ago

5.7-magnitude quake hits Afghanistan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 struck Afghanistan on Saturday, the United States Geological…

23 heures ago

Tunisia – Henchir Chaal Case: Refusal to Release the Defendants

The indictment chamber of the Court of Appeals, which specialises in financial corruption cases, has…

23 heures ago

Tunisia: 13 to 66 Years in Prison for Defendants in Conspiracy Against State Security Case

The criminal chamber specializing in terrorism cases issued its rulings late into the night in…

23 heures ago

This website uses cookies.