China Records Fresh Cases of COVID-19

China has reported new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the highest daily figure since April, as concerns grew about a resurgence of the disease.

This outbreak in China had been brought largely under control through strict lockdowns that were imposed early this year — but a new cluster has been linked to a wholesale food market in south Beijing.

The National Health Commission (NHC) said 36 of the new cases were local transmissions in the capital, and Beijing health officials said later that all three dozen were linked to the Xinfadi market.

The other two domestic infections reported Sunday were in northeastern Liaoning province and were close contacts of the Beijing cases.

The new cluster has prompted fresh lockdowns with people ordered to stay home in 11 residential estates near the market which supplies most of the city’s fresh produce.

Source: Theguardian