Coronavirus: affluent Beijing district set for another round of Covid-19 tests from Tuesday
- China’s capital reported 41 cases on Monday as it introduces measures to stop the spread for residents returning from Labour Day holiday
- Secondary infections largely from big gatherings over meals, unvaccinated people and patients who visited a lot of places, according to Beijing CDC official
Chaoyang district – where 40 per cent of the 400 cases in the current wave have been found – will carry out a further three rounds of tests from Tuesday to Thursday, local officials said on Monday.
The district, an affluent area that is home to some 3.5 million people, had earlier said it would conduct two rounds of mass testing on May 1 and 3, after completing three rounds in April.
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The Universal Studios theme park has been closed since Sunday and the Palace Museum will close its indoor exhibition halls from Tuesday. Play equipment in Chaoyang Park, one of the biggest in Beijing, was blocked off from Monday.
Beijing Ditan Hospital in Chaoyang on Monday said it had closed its outpatient and emergency departments and suspended admissions. From Thursday, people entering the hospital will have to show a negative Covid-19 test result from the previous 48 hours.
The city has reported 400 infections across 14 districts since April 22, according to health authorities.
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, on Monday said secondary infections in the current wave involved large gatherings over meals, people who were unvaccinated and patients who had visited a lot of places.