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Beijing coronavirus outbreak under control

Source: AFP | 00:32 UTC+8 June 25, 2020 | Print Edition

The new coronavirus outbreak that has infected 256 people in Beijing since early June is 鈥渦nder control,鈥 officials in the Chinese capital said yesterday.

Authorities have raced to contain the outbreak linked to the largest wholesale food market in Beijing after the first case was announced on June 11, leading to a partial lockdown of the city.

鈥淭he Beijing epidemic directly linked to Xinfadi (market) is basically under control, but at the same time we have discovered household and workplace cluster infections and cases of community transmission,鈥 said Beijing government spokesman Xu Hejian at a briefing.

鈥淭he prevention and control situation remains complicated, we cannot lower our guard in the slightest.鈥

Officials found that 253 out of 256 Beijing cases were linked to Xinfadi in the south of the city, while contact tracing for the remaining three was still ongoing.

The city announced seven new cases yesterday, with the rate of infection slowing since the start of this week.

鈥淭his sends a very positive signal, and proves that the prevention and control measures taken lately, as well as lockdown of residential compounds, are effective,鈥 said Lei Haichao, head of the Beijing health commission.

鈥淭he combination of fever clinics, discovering (cases) from close contacts, and mass nucleic acid testing have played an important role in early detection.鈥

The city increased its daily nucleic acid sample testing capacity to 300,000 from 100,000 per day in early June, said Lei.

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