Authorities across the capital rushed to test thousands of people linked to a major wholesale market suspected to be the origin of the outbreak.The number of cases recorded in China in recent days is the highest in two months, a bleak insight into the challenges ahead for European countries just as they reopen their borders.
Stock markets fell in Paris, London, Tokyo and Shanghai on Monday on fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections. Infections are still rising in a number of countries, and without a vaccine, there is a risk that relaxing lockdowns and travel restrictions could spark a rebound in cases. China’s new outbreak appears to have started in the Xinfadi market, Beijing’s largest wholesale food market.
Beijing has closed the market and is requiring anyone who went there to self-isolate for two weeks. Nearby neighbourhoods have been placed on lockdown and more than 76,000 people tested. Citywide, Beijing has suspended the planned reopening on Monday of some primary schools and reversed the relaxation of some social isolation measures. Inspectors found 40 samples of the virus in the closed market, including on a chopping board for imported salmon.Beijing health officials said gene sequencing showed the virus strain causing the new outbreak was related to that in Europe, though it wasn’t clear if it was being spread by the movement of people or transportation of food.
Nearly 8 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide as of June 15, and more than 433,000 people have died from the disease, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Several countries are still battling major outbreaks.
Source: Euro News
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