Beijing, June 28 (AFP): China imposed a strict lockdown on nearly half a million people in a province surrounding the capital to contain a fresh coronavirus cluster on Sunday (June 28), as authorities warned the outbreak was still 'severe and complicated.'
People wearing masks as they wait in line to undergo coronavirus swab tests at a testing station in Beijing on Sunday . Beijing partially lifted a week-long lockdown imposed in the Chinese capital to head off a feared second wave of coronavirus infections after three million samples were taken in two weeks, officials said. Dozens of residential compounds across the city were shut down, with authorities rolling out a mass testing campaign to root out any remaining cases.
Health officials said Sunday that Anxin county -- about 150 kilometres from Beijing -- will be"fully enclosed and controlled", the same strict measures imposed at the height of the pandemic in the city of Wuhan earlier this year. The outbreak was first detected in Beijing's sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food market, which supplies much of the city's fresh produce, sparking concerns over the safety of the food supply chain.
Some 12 cases of the novel coronavirus were found in the county -- including 11 linked to Xinfadi, the state-run Global Times reported.The capital has mass-tested wholesale market workers, restaurant workers, residents of medium and high-risk neighbourhoods and delivery couriers over the past two weeks.
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