Lockdowns were imposed in parts of Beijing on Saturday to try to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus cluster, highlighting the challenges that ...
BEIJING: Lockdowns were imposed in parts of Beijing on Saturday to try to prevent the spread of a, highlighting the challenges that lie ahead even for places where outbreaks are under control.
After the disease emerged late last year in central China, authorities there largely eliminated transmission within their borders through hyper-strict lockdowns later emulated across the globe.But on Thursday, Beijing announced its first infection in two months and then said 50 more cases had been linked to the large Xinfadi meat and vegetable market, which provides much of the capital's food supply.
The number of global infections has doubled in slightly over a month - with one million cases recorded in the last nine days - and the virus is spreading most rapidly in Latin America.
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