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It has been confirmed that a mutant virus from the UK has also been introduced into Beijing, China.
With the Chinese New Year ahead, the Chinese authorities are truly in a state of extreme tension.
Correspondent Song Wook from Beijing reports.
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Daxing District, southern Beijing, 11 people have been infected with Corona 19 since the 17th.
Health officials first tested the sequence of the two viruses that were confirmed to be confirmed, and found that the virus was a variant of Corona 19 from the UK.
[Fang Xing Hu/Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention Vice-Chief: As a result of re-validation by the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two confirmed cases are judged to be mutant viruses found in the UK.] A mutant virus originating from the UK, which
is more contagious, was confirmed in Shanghai in the middle of last month. It was also found in Guangzhou and Qingdao.
Authorities in Daxing District have blocked five areas where the infection occurred and banned more than 24,000 residents from going out.
Some subway stations have also been closed.
In addition, a nucleic acid test was conducted on all residents of Daxing District and prevented them from leaving Beijing.
Starting on the 23rd, Beijing City's education authorities have stopped attending middle and high school students across the city, and have also suspended classes at offline academies.
As concerns over the spread of corona continued to grow ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, China's biggest holiday, the Chinese government required those returning home to bring a corona negative confirmation issued within 7 days.
Vaccination is also getting faster.
Chinese health officials have revealed that more than 15 million people in high-risk occupations, including medical staff, have been vaccinated against Corona 19.