BEIJING, June 22 (AFP): China banned imports from a top US poultry producer and ordered a Beijing Pepsi factory to close on late Sunday as authorities clamped down on food production and distribution amid a new Covid-19 (coronavirus cluster) in the capital.
Health officials also reported 22 new virus cases in Beijing, where they have tested more than two million residents as they seek to contain a wave of new infections linked to a wholesale market in the capital.
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