Authorities in Beijing are closing all schools following a resurgence of Coronavirus within the area amid fears of a second wave.
On Tuesday, China’s National Health Commission confirmed that the number of new Covid-19 cases in Beijing had risen to 106.
It comes after the capital metropolis noticed almost two months without a single new infection.
The city also changed its emergency response to level two because of the outbreak, which means individuals will now must be tested for the virus before being allowed to leave the region, whereas whole housing blocks placed under quarantine.
The new cases linked to Xinfadi market, the largest wholesale market in all of Asia. Three other provinces, Liaoning, Hebei, and Sichuan also reported confirmed or suspected cases linked to Beijing.
In accordance with China Central Television, all schools will restore online courses, and college students will cease returning to campus. Authorities have additionally closed 11 food markets and sanitised around 300 others.
Food deliveries usually are not allowed past a certain point when dropping off takeaways to individuals’s homes for the main time.
China’s chief epidemiologist, Wu Zunyou, stated 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 associated 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.’
