Beijing has raced to control a fresh coronavirus outbreak, with 75 cases linked to a single wholesale food market in the city where authorities have locked down neighbourhoods and launched a massive test and trace programme.
The outbreak in China, where the disease first emerged last year, had largely been brought under control until a fresh batch of cases was detected in the capital last week.
Health officials reported 49 new coronavirus cases nationwide today, including 36 more in Beijing where a cluster linked to the Xinfadi market has fuelled fears of a second wave of infections.
City official Li Junjie said at a press conference that cases had also been found at the Yuquandong wholesale market in the capital's northwestern Haidian