China reports its biggest one-day jump in cases in two months after closing the biggest wholesale food market in Beijing and locking down nearby residential communities. The 57 new confirmed coronavirus infections include 36 in Beijing.
BEIJING — China on Sunday reported its biggest one-day jump in cases in two months after closing the biggest wholesale food market in Beijing and locking down nearby residential communities.The Xinfadi market on Beijing’s southeastern side was closed Saturday and neighboring residential compounds locked down after more than 50 people in the capital tested positive for the coronavirus. They were the first confirmed cases in 50 days in the city of 20 million people.
China, where the pandemic began in December, had relaxed most of its anti-virus controls after the ruling Communist Party declared victory over the disease in March.Authorities locked down 11 residential communities near the Xinfadi market. Police installed white fencing to seal off a road leading to a cluster of apartment buildings.SEOUL, South Korea __ South Korea has confirmed 34 additional cases of the coronavirus, mostly in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area.
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