Beijing City Detects UK Variant CCP Virus Patients, as More Regions Enact Lockdowns

People wait to be inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at the Chaoyang Museum of Urban Planning in Beijing, on Jan. 15, 2021. NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images

Authorities in Beijing announced that the capital detected the country’s first outbreak of the new UK variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

Earlier this month, several locales said they detected singular travelers from overseas who tested positive for B.1.1.7, the new UK-derived virus strain that is more contagious.