A COVID-19 outbreak is rapidly spreading in Beijing, causing schools to be shut down in an entire district. Amongst the fear of a city-wide lockdown, residents rush to stock up on food and supplies, and freezers are sold out.
On April 28, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that from April 27–28, 56 new local cases were reported in Beijing, many of them are students and wedding guests.
Since April 22, a total of 194 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Beijing, involving 12 districts out of a total of 16. Authorities are mass testing all residents in the districts, triggering fear of a city-wide lockdown, as many see mass testing as the prelude to it.
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