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Seven COVID-19 cases detected in Beijing were announced on Wednesday, six of which were cleared up in the southern district of Dasing.
The 1.6 million residents of Dasing can no longer leave Beijing without special permission from the government and a negative response to the COVID-19 test received three days before the trip, the district government said.
Dasinge also banned gatherings of more than 49 people, “weddings should be postponed and funerals simplified.” Students in kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools in the area should be home schooled.
In all five parts of Dasing where the coronavirus was detected, residents were ordered not to leave their homes.
Dasinge is one of the two international airports in Beijing.
China has largely controlled the virus, although deaths from COVID-19 are increasing in the rest of the world and hospitals are overcrowded.
However, a string of small local outbreaks has prompted Chinese officials to order mass tests of people, announce strict quarantine measures, and prepare to move thousands of people to quarantine facilities to prevent the virus from spreading again.
On Wednesday, China reported 103 new cases of coronavirus infection, including seven cases in Beijing.
The outbreaks, even in neighboring Hebei province, have forced the announcement of a high degree of danger before the upcoming New Year holidays according to the Lunar Calendar.
At that time, almost 3 million. In the northeastern province of Jilin, a quarantine was announced Monday after more than 100 people were infected by a single street vendor.
In northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, 16 officials were also reprimanded for “failing to carry out their duties” to prevent recent outbreaks, the provincial Communist Party newspaper Heilongjiang Daily reported on Wednesday.
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