Some flights, trains and buses to Beijing have been cancelled and other control measures stepped up in a bid to stop an outbreak of the Covid-19 Delta variant from spreading through the Chinese capital.
More than 350 people in 27 mainland cities have been infected since the more transmissible strain was first reported in Nanjing, in eastern Jiangsu province.
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