Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over the weekend, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities.
Highlights
- Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week.
- The capital recorded 19 new local cases on Sunday, bringing the total in the city since April 22 to 60.
- Officials said over the weekend they were tracking cases across multiple districts and involving students, tour groups, and interior decoration workers.
- The number of cases in Beijing has risen to 60, according to national health data released Monday morning.
- The city has recently seen several outbreaks involving multiple transmission chains, and the risk of continued and undetected transmission is high, a municipal official said Saturday.
- “The situation is urgent and grim,” he said.