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COVID-19 Outbreak in Beijing Raises Fear of Lockdown

COVID-19 Outbreak in Beijing Raises Fear of Lockdown
People wait in line for nucleic acid tests to detect COVID-19 next to a poster for vaccinations at a makeshift testing site in the Central Business District in Chaoyang in Beijing, China on April 27, 2022. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Alex Wu
4/28/2022|Updated: 4/28/2022
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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.

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Alex Wu is a U.S.-based writer for The Epoch Times focusing on Chinese society, Chinese culture, human rights, and international relations.
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