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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 06:07 PM Jun 2020

Beijing shuts food market and goes into 'wartime emergency mode' after spike in COVID-19 cases

Coronavirus: Beijing shuts food market and goes into 'wartime emergency mode' after spike in COVID-19 cases

A cluster of infections fuels fears of a second wave of the pandemic, which has so far killed more than 420,000 people worldwide.

A district of Beijing is on a "wartime emergency" footing and tourism has been banned in the Chinese capital after a spike in coronavirus cases centred around a food market has sparked fears of a fresh outbreak.

The move comes amid mounting concern over a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eleven neighbourhoods around the wholesale market in the city's southwestern Fengtai district have gone into lockdown, where an official said it was in "wartime emergency mode".

The cluster was detected after throat swabs from 45 people, out of 517 tested at the district's Xinfadi market, proved positive for coronavirus, although none of them showed symptoms of COVID-19, according to the authorities.

More: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-beijing-shuts-food-market-and-goes-into-wartime-emergency-mode-after-spike-in-covid-19-cases-12005803




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Beijing shuts food market and goes into 'wartime emergency mode' after spike in COVID-19 cases (Original Post) MelissaB Jun 2020 OP
Another snip MelissaB Jun 2020 #1
And we got idiots I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #2
That's how you contain it soothsayer Jun 2020 #3

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
1. Another snip
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 06:08 PM
Jun 2020
Sky's Asia correspondent Siobhan Robbins said: "People in the area have been told not to leave their houses.

"It is a worrying time for Beijing because it hadn't had a locally transmitted case for almost two months, so it just shows you how tricky COVID-19 is to keep under control, and Beijing isn't taking any chances.

"Not only are these areas in lockdown, some schools and nurseries in the area were closed on Friday, several other markets have been shut as well.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,452 posts)
2. And we got idiots
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 06:14 PM
Jun 2020

Whining about church and not wearing masks or letting thier nose hang out uncovered.

Me I wear a mask out Everytime. Ordered a face shield because it protects even more.
I'm not fucking around with covid. I got diabeties(well managed) and high blood pressure and mild weight issues lost a lot of weight got like 20 lbs to go until I am the right weight. And I got allergies and I ain't goin there with covid.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
3. That's how you contain it
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 08:58 PM
Jun 2020

Not by pretending it’s fine to open and deaths be damned, as long as we have hospital beds.

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