Authorities in Beijing are closing schools following a resurgence of coronavirus in the area, it has been reported.
According to Today China’s National Health Commission, the number of new Covid-19 cases in Beijing had risen to 106. This occurred after the capital city had no case of infection in two months.
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It was learnt that the city had changed its emergency response to level two as a result of the outbreak. In other words, people will now have to be tested for the virus before being allowed to leave the region, while houses have been placed under quarantine. The authorities were said to be taking a more targeted approach to containing the virus as Beijing is a leading commercial and political centre.
So far, 11 food markets have been closed while about 300 have been sanitised. Food deliveries are now also not allowed past a certain point when dropping off takeaways to people’s homes.
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China’s chief epidemiologist, Wu Zunyou, said the new Covid-19 cases ‘will determine where the epidemic is going’ in the next three days. He added that the outbreak indicated the virus could ‘start from a market’ and may also be related to ‘seafood and meat’. He continued: ‘That environment, particularly the cold, wet environment, may be able to keep the virus alive for a long time.’
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