Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

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Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital.

BEIJING, China –

Queues snaked around malls and outside office complexes as people waited to be swabbed by health workers in protective gear. Beijing health official Pang Xinghuo said at a press conference Monday there had been 70 infections across half the city’s districts since Friday, saying the “distribution area of infected people… has expanded”.

“Adults can survive for a few days, but it’s not the same for children,” Zhao, who only wanted to be known by his surname, told AFP. The capital has reported 19 new infections on Monday — including asymptomatic ones — after a warning from authorities that the virus has been circulating undetected.

 

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