Covid-19 situation in Beijing extremely severe: Reports

People line up to be tested for the Coronavirus at a hospital in Beijing on Friday. Pic/AFP

Beijing reported two new locally transmitted cases on Saturday, both in Changping district. Changping closed 23 businesses, including pharmacies and hair salons, after closing 44 businesses for their slack implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures, Global Times reported.

The Universal Studios theme park notified all visitors who came to the part on October 24 to have nucleic acid testing and necessary health checks, and said all the park staff members have undergone nucleic acid testing and received a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot.

The Beijing government on Friday urged the Universal Studios theme park to implement Covid-19 emergency management, after the Chinese capital reported nearly 30 confirmed cases in less than two weeks. Beijing's Haidian district will give nucleic acid tests on all students in primary and middle schools.

The China Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing announced closure for three days immediately from Saturday, with all scheduled performances and activities cancelled due to epidemic concerns. Xicheng district closed all movie theatres on Saturday until November 4.

The Beijing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that the epidemic situation in Beijing is extremely severe, which requires high vigilance and strict measures, and in-door venues such as chess rooms have to suspend services.

Beijing's latest Covid-19 flare-ups are Delta variant-related, and the virus strain is similar to the recent Coronavirus cases reported in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Gansu province, the Beijing government said, the report added.

China's Covid resurgence spreads to 14 provinces

As of Saturday, the latest Covid-19 resurgence in China had spread to 14 provinces, where new asymptomatic carriers were reported during the past 14 days, Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission, said. China's top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said that the country will be able to contain it within a month.

UK pledges 20M vaccine doses to poor nations

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK will donate 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine to developing countries as part of efforts to share vaccines with countries that sorely lack them. Johnson made the announcement as he arrived in Rome for a summit of Group of 20 leaders. The UK says 10 million doses have been sent to the United Nations-backed COVAX vaccine-sharing programme.

24,69,02,377
TOTAL Number OF CORONAVIRUS

CASES IN THE WORLD

50,07,600
Number OF DEATHS WORLDWIDE

22,36,58,304
Number OF RECOVERED PATIENTS

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