China has put the 400,000 residents of a county near Beijing in another coronavirus blockade in response to a new outbreak, according to reports Monday.
New restrictions on movement have been imposed in Anxin, part of Hebei province, 90 miles southwest of Beijing.
Health officials said Anxin would be “completely closed and controlled,” the same strict measures imposed at the height of the pandemic in Wuhan city earlier this year, the France-Presse agency reported.
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Only essential workers are free to leave their homes, while a household member can go out once a day to buy what they need, the BBC reported.
A medical worker wearing a protective suit conducts an exchange at a COVID-19 temporary test site on June 28, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang / Getty Images)
According to the BBC, non-residents will not be allowed to enter buildings, communities or villages. Violators could be punished by the police.
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Anxin has had 18 new cases of coronavirus since the start of the recent surge in Beijing two weeks ago.
In Beijing, 14 new cases of the virus were reported Sunday, bringing the total number of cases from a mid-June outbreak in a food market to 311, the BBC reported.
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While this is a small number, compared to the thousands of daily case numbers in the United States and South America, China quickly moved to contain any spread, according to the BBC.
