(25 Apr 2022)
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Beijing - 25 April 2022
1. Various of people in line and mass testing at Beijing COVID testing site
ANNOTATION:
"A new outbreak of COVID-19 has China shutting down business and residential districts and testing millions of residents.
ANNOTATION:
Approximately 70 cases have been detected in the past few days, and authorities are implementing strict measures."
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"Many residents are stocking up on food and staying at home to prepare for the possibility of a lockdown, like the one happening in Shanghai."
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Shanghai, has been locked down for more than two weeks and has reported 51 deaths during the past 24 hours.
STORYLINE:
Beijing has begun conducting mass testing of most of its 21 million people as as a new COVID-19 outbreak sparked stockpiling of food by residents worried about the possibility of a Shanghai-style lockdown.
The Chinese capital began mass testing people in one of its 16 districts where most of the new cases have been found. The city also imposed lockdowns on individual residential buildings and one section of the city. Late in the day, health officials said the testing would be expanded Tuesday to all but five outlying districts.
While only 70 cases have been found since the outbreak surfaced Friday, authorities have rolled out strict measures under China's “zero-COVID” approach to try to prevent a further spread of the virus.
Shanghai, which has been locked down for more than two weeks, reported more than 19,000 new infections and 51 deaths in the latest 24-hour period, pushing its announced death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 138.
Beijing health officials said 29 new cases had been identified in the 24 hours through 4 p.m. Monday, raising the total to 70 since Friday.
The city has ordered mass testing across sprawling Chaoyang district, where 46 of the cases have been found. The 3.5 million residents of Chaoyang, as well as people who work in the district, need to be tested on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Testing sites were set up overnight and in the early morning in Chaoyang at residential complexes and office buildings around the district. Residents and workers lined up at the temporary outdoor stations for a quick throat swab by a worker in full protective gear. The testing is free.
Shanghai has buckled under a strict lockdown that has driven residents to band together to get food delivered through group buying. Goods have backed up at the port of Shanghai, affecting supplies and factory production and putting a crimp on economic growth.
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