Beijing Bar Linked To “Ferocious” Covid Outbreak, Thousands Isolated
Beijing: The authorities in the Capital of China Beijing on Monday are racing to contain the outbreak of Covid-19 which is tracked to the 24-hour bar known for cheap liquor and large crowd, with millions of people facing mandatory testing and thousands under the targeted locking.
The outbreak of 228 cases related to the Supermarket Bar Heaven, which had just reopened as a sidewalk in Beijing last week, highlighted how difficult it was for China to make the success of the “zero-covid” policy as much as the rest of the rest of the rest of the world chose to learn how to live with a virus.
The emergence of infection also increases new concerns about the second largest economic prospect in the world. China has just eliminated a heavy blow from Shanghai’s two months, the city center and the most populous commercial nerve center, which also shifted a global supply chain.
The prevention and control of the epidemic is at a critical point,” a Beijing health official, Liu Xiaofeng, said at a press conference on Monday, adding that the plague associated with the bar in the largest district in Chaoyang City was “still developing”.
The authorities describe the plague as “fierce” and “exploded” and say people who are infected live or work in 14 of the 16 districts of the capital.
Drinking and dining in most Beijing companies only continued on June 6 after more than a month in which the city consisting of 22 million reductions that were upheld including urged people to work from home, and close the mall and part of the transportation system.
Chaoyang began a mass testing campaign of three days among around 3.5 million inhabitants on Monday. Around 10,000 close contact customers have been identified, and their residential buildings are locked.
Some of the re -opening of the planned school in the district have been postponed.
The winding queue around the test site on Monday for more than 100 meters, according to eyewitnesses Reuters. Large metal resistance has been installed around several housing compounds, with people in the Hazmat settings spraying disinfectant.
Other closest businesses under locking including Paradise Massage & Spa Parlor. The police tape and security staff blocked the entrance to the living room on Sunday and the authorities said a handful of people would be locked temporarily to check.
Serious consequences
Last week, when the edge of the meal was lifted, heaven supermarket bar, modeled as a large supermarket with chairs, sofas and tables, reclaimed its popularity among young crowds who were noisy starving and parties during the restrictions of Beijing Covid.
The bar, where visitors check the hallway to take anything from the local passion to the Belgian beer, known among the Beijing people who are happy because the tables are plastered with empty bottles, and customers fall asleep on the sofa after midnight.
Officials have not commented on the exact cause of the outbreak, or explain why they have not returned the sidewalk level that was seen last month.
Beijing Evening News supported by the state writing on Monday that the plague is caused by gaps and self -satisfaction in the prevention of epidemics, and says that if it grows, “the consequences can be serious, and will be such that no one wants to see”.
Chinese commercial hub Shanghai experienced a week of locking and the sidewalk Covid-19 which was only appointed at the beginning of the month.
There is a relief among its residents on Monday after mass testing for most of the 25 million people on weekends only experienced a small increase in daily cases.
Frustration continues to boil about damage caused by locking, especially in the livelihoods of the population.
On Monday, the shop owner in the city center holds signs and shouting the demands of the lease refund, according to the video posted widely on Chinese social media. A rare protest had disappeared when Reuters visited Monday afternoon and there was a heavy police presence in the area.