BEIJING (AP) – Beijing has urged not to leave the city during the lunar New Year holiday in February, imposing new sanctions after some coronavirus infections last week.
Two domestic cases were reported Friday, a convenience store worker and a Hewlett-Packard enterprise employee. Two other asymptomatic cases were found in Beijing earlier this week.
Beijing is conducting tests on a limited basis in the neighborhoods and workplaces where such cases have been found.
For any new outbreak, the Beijing government canceled large gatherings such as sporting events and temple fairs. He says requests for any major events will be strictly reviewed. Places like cinemas, libraries and museums have to work at 75% capacity, the government said.
Companies have been asked not to arrange business trips outside the city and even abroad.
Lunar New Year is February 12th.
In addition, officials in the northeastern port city of Dalian said Friday they have tested 75.7575 million people for coronavirus after 24 confirmed infections this month.
Officials have closed schools and all public spaces in five neighborhoods in Dalian, and only essential workers can leave their combinations to go to work.
Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region:
– Japan’s health ministry said Saturday it has confirmed different types of coronavirus spread in Britain among two Tokyo residents – the first two cases of a new variant found outside a Japanese airport. A man in his 30s after returning from Britain on December 16 tested positive for a new variant on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement. The second patient is a 20-year-old woman who is related to a man. The ministry said the first phase was seen in all five people returning from Britain, which was confirmed a day after they tested positive when they arrived at an airport in Japan between December 18 and 21. On Saturday, Tokyo confirmed 949 new cases of coronavirus, a record high for Japan’s capital, as the country struggles with widespread upheaval. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said the additional cases bring the prefectural total to 55,851. The health ministry said 21,15 national new cases were reported in Japan on Friday, with a national total of 33,547 3 cases, of which 3, 15 deaths were fatal.
– Another 1,132 cases of coronavirus have been reported in South Korea, as the resurgence over Christmas weekend has worsened, forcing the government to implement stricter social distance control. On Saturday, the figures put the country’s case load at 55,90,906, with 3 deaths. Of the new cases, about 80,880 were in large metropolitan areas with a population of ૨ 26 million, where health workers found a large cluster in a huge Seoul prison with more than 100 inmates and workers. In recent weeks transmissions have also been linked to hospitals, nursing homes, churches, restaurants and Army units. After months of dissatisfaction, government officials reinstated some distance restrictions in recent weeks after easing the October lows and now cracking down on private gatherings, closing ski resorts, banning hotel business and penalizing restaurants if they If accepting large groups. . The government will hold a meeting on Sunday to determine whether to move the distance control to the highest “Tier-3,” which could potentially shut down hundreds of thousands of non-essential businesses. Officials have resisted such action for weeks, saying it could bring further shock to an already weak economy.
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