People have been ordered to stay home at 11 residential estates in south Beijing’s Fengtai district and the nearby Xinfadi market has been closed as authorities race to contain the outbreak that has fuelled fears of resurgence in local transmission.

Most of the six new domestic infections reported on Saturday were linked to the meat and vegetable market, health officials said, which provides much of the capital’s food supply.

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Police guard entrance to a closed food market on Saturday after enforcement of measures aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19.—AFP
Police guard entrance to a closed food market on Saturday after enforcement of measures aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19.—AFP

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