Beijing grapples with Covid-19 flare-up with just over a week to Winter Olympics

  • 📰 STForeignDesk
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 44 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 21%
  • Publisher: 71%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

BEIJING - At the Aerospace Centre Hospital in Beijing's Haidian district on Monday morning , a long queue with nearly 300 people had formed, snaking its way around the building, across a carpark towar

BEIJING - At the Aerospace Centre Hospital in Beijing's Haidian district on Monday morning , a long queue with nearly 300 people had formed, snaking its way around the building, across a carpark towards a shipping container that has been converted into a mobile Covid-19 testing centre.

During a press briefing on Monday, Beijing health authorities reported nine new local cases, bringing the total number in the current outbreak to 52, most of whom were involved in cold chain logistics and their close contacts, and infected with the more deadly Delta strain of the coronavirus. The city's government has since last month discouraged people from travelling out of the capital, and last week implemented a rule that anyone returning needed to present results of a nucleic acid test done within the past 48 hours. They are also required to get tested again within 72 hours of arriving in Beijing.

Minute details such as one's movements in the fortnight leading up to a positive Covid-19 test are also released in the media. One such announcement provided Beijingers with a glimpse of those who keep the city running regardless.

 

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

Beijing introduces more Covid-19 measures as cases mount before Winter OlympicsBEIJING - Beijing's city government on Sunday (Jan 23) introduced new measures to contain a recent outbreak of Covid-19, as China's capital continued to report new local cases of the virus less than two weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. Nine locally transmitted cases were found in Beijing on Jan 22, the National Health Commission said on Sunday,...
Source: asiaonecom - 🏆 10. / 59 Read more »

Beijing 2022 eases COVID-19 measures for Games-related personnel - IOCBEIJING : The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has adjusted its COVID-19 countermeasures, a statement from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday.The changes include the threshold for being classed as positive for COVID-19 being eased and the time period for which a person is deemed a close Love 💕💕💕
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Beijing 2022 eases COVID-19 measures for Olympic Games-related personnel: IOCBEIJING : The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has adjusted its COVID-19 countermeasures, a statement from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday (Jan 24). The changes include the threshold for being classed as positive for COVID-19 being eased and the time period for which a person is deemed
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Beijing adds Covid-19 test before Olympics; outbreak linked to cases in 4 provincesBEIJING — A district in China's capital will begin a new round of Covid-19 tests among its roughly two million residents on Tuesday (Jan 25), as flare-ups persisted in the city ahead of the Winter Olympics, while four provinces found cases linked to Beijing clusters.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

Beijing district conducts mass Covid-19 testing as several cases detected there
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

Beijing introduces more COVID-19 measures as cases mount before OlympicsBEIJING: Beijing\u0027s city government on Sunday (Jan 23) introduced new measures to contain a recent outbreak of COVID-19, as China\u0027s capital continued to report new local cases of the virus less than two weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. Nine locally transmitted cases were found in Beijing on J
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »