China's new outbreak tied to rule-breaking couple reaches Beijing

Commuters are seen at the subway during the morning rush hour in Beijing on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. - AFP

BEIJING, Oct 19 (Bloomberg): China’s latest Covid-19 outbreak, centered around a rule-breaking elderly couple enjoying China’s tourist sites, has now spread to the closely-guarded capital city of Beijing.

The flareup that surfaced over the weekend has been tied to two retired university lecturers from Shanghai who started a road trip with several others through the nation’s scenic northwestern provinces in early October, according to media reports.

The pathogen proliferated, sparking a handful of local cases in Gansu Province in recent days.