:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/55M6JGBOARCQFAAR22E4UCWJZI.jpg "Coronavirus China: Beijing orders new mass tests after COVID-19 outbreak in a bar")
The authorities of China Massive new tests were launched on Monday in the most populous neighborhood in central Beijing after an outbreak of coronavirus. coronavirus covid-19 in a bar in the capital that forced the re-imposition of several restrictions.
The Chinese government applies a “zero covid” policy to combat the spread of coronaviruswhich implies quarantines for positive people at covid-19confinements and mandatory PCR tests.
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This policy requires significant logistical, human and economic resources, especially in the face of the omicron variant that spread rapidly throughout China in March and April, before losing strength in recent weeks.
A few days after reopening its restaurants, bars and gyms, the authorities in Beijing, where 22 million people live, registered a new outbreak.
The authorities declared that an inhabitant went last week to several nightclubs in the central district of Chaoyang without a valid PCR test, before and after having a fever.
This outbreak, linked to a specific bar, caused the infection of at least 183 people.
As a consequence, the authorities once again ordered the closure of bars, discos and karaoke bars in several neighborhoods, including Chaoyang. And it delayed the reopening of schools, scheduled for this Monday.
the district of Chaoyang, which is home to luxury stores, offices and embassies, launched mass testing for its 3.5 million residents and millions of employees on Monday. All will have to undergo three PCR tests in three days.
“I’m afraid we’re going back to the situation in May,” when everything was closed, 30-year-old Alan Xiang told AFP as he queued for a test.
In Shanghaimore than half of its 25 million inhabitants had to take a mandatory test this weekend, less than two weeks after emerging from a long confinement.
The Chinese Ministry of Health announced on Monday 143 new cases of covid in the country.
Source: Elcomercio
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