Beijing has begun mass testing of more than 3 million people for COVID-19. Residents in one part of the city are now restricted to their compounds, sparking worries of a wider Shanghai-style lockdown.
The Associated PressResidents line up at a makeshift COVID-19 mass testing site in Beijing on Monday. China is trying to contain a spike in coronavirus cases in the capital after dozens of people tested positive for the virus in recent days.
While only 70 cases have been found so far in the city of more than 21 million since a new outbreak surfaced Friday, authorities have rolled out strict measures under China's "zero-COVID" approach to try to prevent a further spread of the virus. Shanghai, which has been locked down for more than two weeks, reported more than 19,000 new infections and 51 deaths in the latest 24-hour period, pushing the death toll it has announced from the ongoing outbreak to 138.Long lines formed in supermarkets in central Beijing. Shoppers snapped up rice, noodles, vegetables and other food items, while store workers hastily restocked some empty shelves. State media issued reports saying supplies remained plentiful despite the buying surge.
Beijing health officials said 29 new cases had been identified in the 24 hours through 4 p.m. Monday, raising the total to 70 since Friday.The city has ordered mass testing across sprawling Chaoyang district, where 46 of the cases have been found. The 3.5 million residents of Chaoyang, as well as people who work in the district, need to be tested on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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