China has increased testing and lockdown measures in parts of its capital Beijing to control what appeared to be its largest coronavirus outbreak in more than two months.
The 40 new cases reported yesterday included 27 in Beijing, bringing the city's total to 106 since late last week.
Many of the recent cases have been linked to Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market and authorities have been testing market workers, anyone who visited the market in the past two weeks, and anyone who came into contact with either group.
Fresh meat and seafood in the city and elsewhere in China were also being inspected on the unlikely chance that was how the virus spread.
In all, 90,000 people are affected in the two neighborhoods in the city of 20 million.
[Source: TVNZ]
