BEIJING, June 17 ― Beijing shut all its schools again today as the city reported 31 new coronavirus cases, with authorities in the Chinese capital rushing to curb an outbreak linked to a wholesale food market. The new cases have raised fears of a second wave of infections as China had largely...
A security guard takes body temperature measurement of a man at an entrance to a residential compound following new cases of coronavirus disease infections in Beijing June 17, 2020. ― Reuters pic
The new cases have raised fears of a second wave of infections as China had largely brought its domestic outbreak under control. Meanwhile, all schools ― which had mostly reopened ― were ordered to close again and return to online classes. Tens of thousands of people in the city linked to the virus cluster ― believed to have started in the capital's sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food market ― are being tested for the virus, with almost 30 residential compounds in the city now under lockdown.
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