Massive testing in more areas


Staying safe: A mother and a child wearing face masks using a moving walkway at the Beijing Daxing International Airport. In the past 14 days, Beijing has reported nine locally transmitted Covid-19 cases. — AFP

BEIJING: A few days away from the New Year holiday, sporadic Covid-19 cases have resurfaced in Beijing as well as northeast Liaoning province and the southern high-tech hub of Shenzhen, prompting authorities to tighten up epidemic control measures.

In the past 14 days, Beijing has reported nine locally transmitted confirmed Covid--19 cases. Three urban districts in the capital city have conducted large-scale nucleic acid tests in key places where the cases were traced.

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