In Beijing, the capital of China, more than 160 people have been infected at bars in the city center after the measures to ban eating at restaurants, which had been taken as a countermeasure against the infection of the new coronavirus, were lifted on the 6th of this month. Has been confirmed, and authorities are again on the alert.

In Beijing, eating and drinking in restaurants was banned for about a month as a countermeasure against the infection of the new coronavirus, but as the number of infected people has been decreasing, except for some areas on the 6th of this month. Eating and drinking in the store has been lifted.



However, the infection spread at a bar in Chaoyang District in the center of the city, and according to Beijing City authorities, a total of 166 people, including those who visited the bar, were confirmed to be infected by the 12th.



City officials said that the number of people who were judged to be close contacts, including those who were in the bar at the same time as the infected person, was 6,000, so the infection is likely to spread further, and the bar and karaoke in Chaoyang District. In addition to banning the business of shops, it is said that PCR tests will be conducted for residents of the ward from the 13th for 3 consecutive days.



City officials are calling on citizens to take thorough infection control measures, and are again wary of entering and exiting public places, including offices and commercial facilities, by continuing to require the presentation of a negative PCR test.