| Beijing has reintroduced strict lockdown measures and is again rolling out mass testing after a new cluster of COVID-19 cases emerged from the city’s largest wholesale food market. The Chinese capital reported 36 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number to 79 since a locally transmitted infection was reported on June 12 for the first time in nearly two months, according to China’s National Health Commission. The new cases are linked to a market in the southwest part of the city. The market, which sells produce as well as meat and seafood, has been shut down since Saturday. The outbreak has already spread to the provinces of Liaoning and Hebei, where a total of five new cases were found to be close contacts of patients in Beijing. |
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