Beijing adds more Covid-19 cases as anxiety over China economy grows

  • 📰 STForeignDesk
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 17 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 10%
  • Publisher: 71%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

BEIJING/SHANGHAI - Beijing's month-long Covid-19 outbreak continues to flare, with 29 new cases recorded for Thursday amid rising anxiety from within China's government aboutThe Chinese capital has

BEIJING/SHANGHAI - Beijing's month-long Covid-19 outbreak continues to flare, with 29 new cases recorded for Thursday amid rising anxiety from within China's government aboutThe Chinese capital has seen a consistent drumbeat of infections since the current outbreak started to gather pace towards the end of April. New cases spiked to 99 on Sunday, a record for this flareup, even as officials impose a raft of restrictions, including work-from-home orders for most Beijing districts.

Local officials throughout China were given a list of objectives to focus on this year, including better balancing the containment of Covid-19 with economic growth. The financial hub started to exit the lockdown mid-May, after reporting three consecutive days of zero infections outside of government-mandated quarantine.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Time to sell.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.