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The Beijing Municipal Health Commission today considered that the situation of prevention and control of the pandemic in the capital is "serious and complicated", after six new cases have been detected in recent days, while recommending avoiding leaving the city and hold large gatherings.

Health authorities also advise against traveling outside the capital, unless necessary, during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, which this year falls on February 12.

The commission reported that

two new confirmed cases were detected

on Friday

in Shunyi district

, northeast of the capital.

One of the cases is that of a 31-year-old woman from Hebei province who works in a convenience store for fresh and frozen products in Zhangxizhuang village, in that Beijing district, and whose condition is mild.

The other case involves a 29-year-old woman from the northeastern province of Liaoning, who currently also lives in the Shunyi district and works for a US technology multinational.

The commission indicated that epidemiological investigations have been carried out on these two cases and

the necessary control measures have been implemented

, which, according to residents of the neighborhood, include the isolation of a residential complex in Shunyi, a district that houses an exclusive area of the capital where many wealthy expat families live.

An asymptomatic case of an Asian Airlines employee residing in Beijing, who returned from South Korea and had previously quarantined for two weeks, was also detected on Friday.

These cases join another one detected last Thursday of a hospitality employee in the central Xicheng district, where Zhongnanhai, the headquarters of the Chinese Government, is located, and which has led to Covid tests on all restaurant and restaurant workers. cold chain of that area, with 1 million and a half inhabitants.

The capital also registered two other cases last week in what is known as the 798 art district, in the north of the city, which led to the isolation of a hotel and some residential complexes.

Those cases were the first registered in the Chinese capital after several months without any new contagion at the local level

.

Foreign cases

Beijing has detected several cases in travelers arriving from abroad since the beginning of the pandemic, 47 of them from Spain, a country that ranks second after the United Kingdom, with 57, among the nations of the world from which they have arrived. the Chinese capital most infected people.

Spain is followed by Italy, with 20 cases, and the United States with 19.

The Beijing government has urged companies not to organize business trips outside the capital

and also recommended that citizens not leave the city during the Lunar New Year festivities, as well as schools and companies to stagger their vacation period.

The city's deputy mayor Chen Bei said Beijing will review regulations for holding events and will not organize large gatherings such as sports or cultural events.

Cinemas, bookstores, museums and entertainment venues should operate at 75% capacity, said Chen, who also urged railways, airlines, airports and stations to strictly implement disinfection measures and temperature controls.

The Chinese Government attaches special importance

to the protection of Beijing

, which has been the subject, since the beginning of the Covid in China more than a year ago, of strict measures to control and prevent the disease.

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