Beijing has stepped up its precautions against a possible increase in cases – telam

Beijing has stepped up precautions against possible increase in cases

Beijing has stepped up health measures against the coronavirus with massive testing of more than one million people in at-risk districts, amid fears of a possible increase in infections in China in the face of travel during the late-summer holidays. ‘year.

In this sense, all districts in the Chinese capital have been urged to enter “emergency mode”, isolating residential complexes and areas marked by infections, the National Health Commission reported.

In the past 24 hours, 22 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in China, 12 of which are nationally transmitted and 10 imported, and 15 of them are asymptomatic.

“There have been sporadic epidemics, the epidemic control situation is essential,” a Beijing government spokesperson quoted by local media said.

“All districts, agencies and units must enter a state of emergency and fight with more resolution and rules to prevent the spread of the coronavirus,” he added, as quoted by ANSA.

The decision to tighten measures in the city was taken after five of the 22 cases the day before correspond to the capital, where for four days it has recorded infections.

In addition, since the first infection of the second outbreak of the disease on December 18, the region has recorded 13.

So far, massive tests have been carried out in the neighborhoods most affected by the virus, in Shunyi, near the international airport, and in three municipalities of Chaoyang, the large central area, and the neighborhoods and residential areas have been closed.

While in Shunyi of the 838,270 tests carried out on Saturday, nearly 390,000 were negative, in Chaoyang the 234,413 diagnoses carried out were negative.

In addition, all residents of the capital have been warned, with a special message on their cell phones, not to leave the city except for strictly necessary reasons during the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays.

The city, in turn, has stepped up compliance with the use of masks and temperature controls in public places, and restrictions have also been extended to places of entertainment and tourism, and covered public places cannot operate. only with a maximum capacity of 75%. .

The measures were taken by churches, including the Wangfujing Catholic Church, which stopped admitting worshipers by disrupting the group’s activities, the Archdiocese of Beijing reported on its website.

Chinese authorities plan to vaccinate 50 million people in high-risk groups before the Lunar New Year holiday in February, the Global Times newspaper reported.