FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask holds her hand into the the downpour of rain as a thunderstorm darkens the mid-afternoon sky on the day of the opening session of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has confirmed a new coronavirus case on Thursday, Chinese official and ruling Communist Party-backed media reported, the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the capital in nearly two months.
The patient, a 52-year-old man, checked into a clinic on Wednesday due to a fever, according to the official party newspaper People's Daily. The patient said he has not left Beijing or been in contact with anyone who travelled from overseas in the last two weeks, the report said.
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