NEW: China sets new daily COVID record for 2nd straight day as Beijing tightens restrictions
China hit a new daily record for a second straight day on Friday as authorities moved to enforce restrictions in an attempt to control outbreaks across the country.earlier this month, including reducing quarantine periods, in an attempt to cause less disruption to the world's second-largest economy.
However, authorities are now moving to cordon off major cities "block by block" and introducing other curbs while conducting mass testing in an attempt to curb surging COVID cases,It's triggered panic-buying in parts of Beijing, and grocery stores the capital's largest district, Chaoyang, have stopped accepting orders due to delivery apps being inundated with requests, per Bloomberg.some 6.
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