The shelves of large supermarkets in Beijing are empty.
There was a long line in front of the checkout counter, and a long queue to buy groceries and daily necessities stretched out of the mart.
[Beijing citizen: Look at the supermarket in Beijing.
No vegetables, no eggs.] Over the
weekend, there were 41 new cases of COVID-19 and 1,200 close contacts in Beijing.
Even though the number of infected people is not yet large, the reason why citizens are hoarding is because of the growing distrust of the authorities as they watched the Shanghai lockdown.
Earlier, when the number of infected reached more than 2,000, Shanghai decided to block the city without notice.
Beijing has entered into lockdown management of some residential complexes.
Kim Ji-seongㅣCorrespondent in Beijing
Chaoyang-gu, where there are many infected people, decided to conduct PCR tests three times at two-day intervals starting today for all 3.5 million residents.
A large-scale PCR test is being conducted throughout the city to the extent that there is a long line at every test station in the city.
Anxiety among Koreans living in Beijing, which is estimated at 30,000, is also growing.
[Hwang Kyung-sun ｜ Korean Residents in Beijing: Because we don't know when the lockdown will happen, so once we do, we don't know if it will be two weeks or three weeks.
I don't know if there will be a lockdown like Shanghai...
.]
China's state-run Global Times reported that the results of the PCR test will determine whether Beijing will be quarantined.
(Video coverage: Duk-Hyun Choi, video editing: Moo-Hwan Cho, CG: Soo-Hyeon Shim, production: D Content Planning Department)