The Chinese authorities imposed restrictions on movement for nearly half a million people near Beijing yesterday, as part of measures to prevent the outbreak of a new wave of the Corona virus emerging, including a wide-ranging campaign to track contacts of infected people, and the closure of parts of the capital.
And 21 new cases of the virus were recorded in the last 24 hours in Beijing, according to the National Health Committee, raising the total number of infections to 158 since a new focus was detected, last week, after months of no local infection being recorded.
An injury was observed in the city of Tianjin, and two in the Hubei Province surrounding Beijing, prompting the authorities to impose travel restrictions in the Anxin District, which is 460,000 people, and banning most traffic to and from the area.
The necessary transport vehicles will be allowed to enter Inchin (150 km from Beijing), while government vehicles are allowed to enter and exit the area if they have permission to do so, according to official media reports.
Beijing is collecting nearly 400,000 samples daily in a campaign to detect any cases of "Covid-19", amid concern that the new focus will cause a second wave of the epidemic in China, after it was able to contain the infection since the virus appeared in a city Wuhan, downtown, late last year.
Yesterday, dozens of people were waiting for their turn to be examined in front of the Workers' Stadium in central Beijing.
"I would have liked the examination at all times," said Bang, a 25-year-old saleswoman. Then, my manager told me that all workers at the mall where I work should also be examined, "adding," I don't mind waiting, that's for the good of society. "
Wang, the chief chef at a restaurant, said his manager had sent him for the examination, adding: "The number of customers has been limited in recent days, people are afraid to go out now."
The latest infections have appeared in the major Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing.
The deputy director of the Chinese epidemic control center, Bang Xinghu, told reporters that the number of market leaders makes it "difficult to control" the epidemic.
To prevent the virus from spreading to areas outside Beijing, officials urged citizens to stay in the city, and residents of areas "medium and high risk" were prevented from leaving.
Eleven markets were closed, thousands of food and beverage shops were sterilized, and schools were closed again in the city.
About 30 housing complexes were placed in quarantine, but officials said restrictions on movement did not mean forcing all residents of the city to make their homes unnecessary.
Hundreds of thousands of people have undergone Corona testing so far, but the shortage of expensive devices causes the delay in the results of the tests.
Yesterday, China also reported four cases of people who had come from abroad as people returned to the country.
"The epidemic has been controlled in Beijing," said the epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Wu told a regular press conference that, according to recent case numbers, on June 13, this was the height of the current outbreak.
In Europe, the Czech authorities announced the removal of restrictions to put on masks, as of July 1, with the exception of the capital.
"Public orders to wear face masks will be abandoned on July 1, 2020, with the exception of areas where the epidemiological situation is worse," Adam Vojtech told reporters.
The European Union intends to reopen its external borders with other continents, on July 1, provided that countries meet certain health standards. And showed data collected for cases of «Corona» virus, that the number of infections around the world exceeded 8.35 million cases, as of yesterday morning. The latest data available on the Johns Hopkins University website showed that the total number of injuries reached eight million and 351 thousand cases.
It also showed that the number of people recovered exceeded four million, while the number of deaths exceeded 449,000.
The United States leads the world in terms of the number of cases, followed by Brazil, Russia, India, the United Kingdom, Spain, Peru and Italy.
The United States is also the country with the highest number of deaths, followed by Brazil, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Spain.
The Pakistani authorities recorded 5,358 new cases of the emerging corona virus during the past 24 hours.
For its part, Indonesia announced yesterday that it had recorded 1331 new infections with the Coruna virus, which is the largest daily increase in the number of infections since the outbreak began in the country.
In Tehran, the Iranian Ministry of Health announced yesterday that the number of deaths due to infection with the Coruna virus increased to 9,272, after 87 new deaths were recorded.
- Corona injuries in the world exceed 8.35 million, and Indonesia recorded the largest daily increase.