Evoking panic among people, Beijing on Tuesday became a “no-go-zone” as many provincial cities raised alerts on travel to the Chinese capital which scaled up its emergency response and mass testing following a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases that reached 106.
Beijing has upgraded its emergency response COVID-19 from level III to II starting Tuesday, a local official announced.
Classes are moved online for students, and class resumption of college students will be suspended, Chen Bei, deputy secretary-general of the Beijing municipal government, said at a press conference.
The Chinese capital reported 106 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases since 11 June and a senior city official warned that the situation is “extremely severe” in Beijing where authorities have mounted massive containment measures including mass testing of about 90,000 people.
After Beijing’s COVID-19 infections increased, it seems that the capital has now become a “no-go zone” for other parts of China, as many places have raised alert on travels to Beijing and strengthened health check on arrivals from Beijing, state-run Global Times reported.
Earlier, the National Health Commission (NHC) reported 46 new coronavirus cases, including 27 in Beijing.
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