China imposes a strict lockdown on nearly half a million people near Beijing as it struggles to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak
A man wearing a face mask gets his body temperature checked by a health worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment as he walks into an outdoor area during a mass testing for the Covid-19 coronavirus at the Xinjiekou urban forest park testing site in Beijing on June 24, 2020
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. Earlier the county had been subject to some travel restrictions, but now individuals are only allowed to leave their homes to seek medical treatment, the notice said.
The outbreak was first detected in Beijing's sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food market, which supplies much of the city's fresh produce and sparked concerns over the safety of the food supply chain.
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