The government told people in areas of the Chinese capital
deemed at high risk for infection not to leave the city after 25 cases were
found in the Fengtai district and 14 elsewhere.
The ruling Communist Party is stepping up enforcement of its
“zero tolerance” strategy aimed at isolating every infected person as Beijing
prepares to open the Winter Games on Feb. 4 under intensive anti-virus
controls.
On Sunday, Fengtai residents lined up on snow-covered
sidewalks in freezing weather for testing.
The Chinese capital must “take the most resolute, decisive
and strict measures to block the transmission chain of the epidemic,” a city
government spokesman, Xu Hejian, told a news conference.
“In principle, personnel in risk areas shall not leave
Beijing,” Xu said.
Nationwide, 56 new confirmed infections were reported in the
24 hours through midnight Saturday. The National Health Commission said 37 were
believed to have been acquired abroad.
China has reported 4,636 deaths out of 105,603 confirmed
cases and seven suspected cases since the pandemic began.
The Olympics are being held under strict controls that are
meant to isolate athletes, reporters and officials from the outside world.
Athletes are required to be vaccinated or undergo a quarantine after arriving
in China.
Other outbreaks prompted the government to impose travel
bans on the major cities of Xi’an and Tianjin. -AP
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