Parts of Beijing, China have been placed under lockdown today as six new domestic coronavirus cases were reported, fuelling fears of a resurgence in local transmission.
Concern is growing of a second wave of the pandemic, which has infected more than 7.66 million people worldwide and killed more than 420,000.
People were prevented from leaving their homes at 11 residential estates in south Beijing's Fengtai district after most of the cases were linked to a nearby meat market, city officials said in a press briefing.
Beijing's first Covid-19 patient in two months, announced last Thursday, had visited Xinfadi meat market last week and had no recent travel history outside the city.