Beijing: Residents across Beijing The Chinese capital joined growing lines of people waiting to be screened for Covid-19 on Tuesday after planning a massive overnight test of 20 million people and fueling concerns about an imminent lockdown.
comparison between ShanghaiWhere more than 1,000 cases were reported in March before widespread restrictions were imposed on 26 million people, many in Beijing suddenly turned to supermarkets to stock up on food and supplies for fear of a local lockdown.
Authorities began closing some gyms, theaters and tourist sites on Tuesday, a day after Beijing began testing residents of its most populous district. shaoyang, By the end of Monday, Beijing announced it would conduct tests in 10 other districts and an economic development zone by Saturday.
The Chinese capital reported 33 new locally transmitted cases for April 25, the city’s health authority said on Tuesday, of whom 32 were symptomatic and one was asymptomatic. This was slightly higher than the 19 community infections reported a day earlier.
Beijing’s decision to test most of its total population of 22 million days after detecting a small number of infections coincided with Shanghai, which was nearly a year after its outbreak before moving to city-wide mass testing in early April. Waited until months later.
Three rounds of PCR testing will be conducted from Tuesday to Saturday in districts including Haidian, where Liu Wentao, a cook leaving his dorm for testing, told Reuters he was concerned about how quickly the virus spread. was spreading, though confident Beijing could escape the lockdown. Shanghai.
“Beijing is the capital, virus control is stronger than other places, I don’t think it will be like Shanghai, where it suddenly rises to thousands of cases,” Liu said.
While Beijing’s latest Covid outbreak is modest by global standards, the Chinese capital’s Shanghai-style lockdown will further impact the country’s economic outlook.
Shanghai’s economy slowed in the first quarter, hurt by a rare decline in industrial production and local consumption due to the city’s COVID outbreak. In March alone, retail sales declined by 18.9%.
“Clearly, Shanghai has taught a lesson, which is that if you go down this line of total lockdown, it’s not only incredibly expensive, but it’s also economically disastrous and it can strain the social fabric.” -Weaves emphasis,” EU President Georg Wutke Chamber of Commerce told Reuters.
Asian markets suffered their worst day in a month on Monday, fears Beijing would enter such a lockdown. Chinese stocks tumbled to a two-year low.
comparison between ShanghaiWhere more than 1,000 cases were reported in March before widespread restrictions were imposed on 26 million people, many in Beijing suddenly turned to supermarkets to stock up on food and supplies for fear of a local lockdown.
Authorities began closing some gyms, theaters and tourist sites on Tuesday, a day after Beijing began testing residents of its most populous district. shaoyang, By the end of Monday, Beijing announced it would conduct tests in 10 other districts and an economic development zone by Saturday.
The Chinese capital reported 33 new locally transmitted cases for April 25, the city’s health authority said on Tuesday, of whom 32 were symptomatic and one was asymptomatic. This was slightly higher than the 19 community infections reported a day earlier.
Beijing’s decision to test most of its total population of 22 million days after detecting a small number of infections coincided with Shanghai, which was nearly a year after its outbreak before moving to city-wide mass testing in early April. Waited until months later.
Three rounds of PCR testing will be conducted from Tuesday to Saturday in districts including Haidian, where Liu Wentao, a cook leaving his dorm for testing, told Reuters he was concerned about how quickly the virus spread. was spreading, though confident Beijing could escape the lockdown. Shanghai.
“Beijing is the capital, virus control is stronger than other places, I don’t think it will be like Shanghai, where it suddenly rises to thousands of cases,” Liu said.
While Beijing’s latest Covid outbreak is modest by global standards, the Chinese capital’s Shanghai-style lockdown will further impact the country’s economic outlook.
Shanghai’s economy slowed in the first quarter, hurt by a rare decline in industrial production and local consumption due to the city’s COVID outbreak. In March alone, retail sales declined by 18.9%.
“Clearly, Shanghai has taught a lesson, which is that if you go down this line of total lockdown, it’s not only incredibly expensive, but it’s also economically disastrous and it can strain the social fabric.” -Weaves emphasis,” EU President Georg Wutke Chamber of Commerce told Reuters.
Asian markets suffered their worst day in a month on Monday, fears Beijing would enter such a lockdown. Chinese stocks tumbled to a two-year low.