A fresh wave of COVID-19 cases seems to have prompted local authorities in Beijing to declare a “state of emergency”.
Officials have urged all districts, departments and companies to adopt more stringent measures to curb the spread of the virus after six COVID-19 cases, one of which was asymptomatic, were reported in Beijing Saturday. Four of the five symptomatic cases are employees at Jinma Industrial Plant in Beijing’s Shunyi district. The asymptomatic case is a taxi driver from Shunyi.
China’s Global Times and People’s Daily China reported Sunday that the local authorities have said that Beijing requires “all districts, departments and companies to enter a state of emergency, and adopt a more resolute attitude and stringent measures” to stop the spread of COVID-19.
#Beijing requires all districts, departments and companies to enter a state of emergency, and adopt a more resolute attitude and stringent measures to stop the spread of #COVID19 in the city, local authorities said on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/e8QkISuKyV
— People’s Daily, China (@PDChina) December 27, 2020
People’s Daily China, a state affiliated news outlet reported
On Friday, Beijing reported two new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, both in the Shunyi District.
Several locally transmitted cases have recently emerged in the districts of Chaoyang, Xicheng and Shunyi in Beijing, sounding the alarm bell again in epidemic prevention and control.
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the municipal center for disease control and prevention, said on Saturday that Beijing has been conducting mass testing in key areas, and five people, all close contacts of the two cases reported on Friday, have tested positive for COVID-19. The possibility of more cases could not be ruled out as further testing is underway, Pang told a press conference.
#Breaking: #Beijing officials require all districts, departments & companies to enter a state of emergency, adopt a more resolute attitude & stringent measures to stop the spread of #COVID19 in the municipality. pic.twitter.com/c183p0AG7b
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) December 27, 2020
The Shunyi District has entered a coronavirus “wartime state” with tightened personnel flow management and mass testing in progress, executive deputy district chief Zhi Xianwei told reporters.
Beijing mayor Chen Jining also visited Shunyi district Saturday night, urging local officials to thoroughly complete epidemiological investigations and testing.