The Chinese capital, Beijing, has re-tightened the precautionary measures to confront the outbreak of the Corona virus. After recording a record number of new infections today, Tuesday.
According to Arabiya.net, a set of strict restrictions were imposed, as a result of which residents returned to education and remote work, while many restaurants were closed.
The measures that were reinstated included restrictions on entering public places, hotels and commercial centers.
More than 28,000 new infections were recorded nationwide, bringing the number close to the highest level recorded since the outbreak of the epidemic. And the provinces of Guangdong and the city of Chongqing recorded more than 16,000 and 6,300 injuries, respectively, according to health authorities.
Yesterday, Monday, Beijing decided again to tighten entry restrictions for travelers to combat the Corona outbreak, and students began studying online in many areas of the Chinese capital.
New infections in Beijing have also more than doubled in recent days, to 1,438 cases on Tuesday, compared to 621 on Sunday, a record for the city.
The second economic power in the world adheres to the policy of zero Covid, imposing sudden closure measures, large-scale examinations and quarantines to control the outbreak of the epidemic, a policy that succeeded in the early stages of the spread of the virus.
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But the recent wave of infections is a test of how resilient this policy is, while officials seek to avoid a city-wide lockdown, as happened in Shanghai for two months in April, as the restrictions at that time undermined the economy of the financial center and its image internationally.
Three elderly people in Beijing who suffered from other diseases died of Covid at the weekend, according to the authorities, in the first deaths recorded by China as a result of the epidemic since May.
