Beijing's new confirmed COVID-19 cases traced to Xinfadi Market

Bernama
June 14, 2020 19:07 MYT

People wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus wait at an intersection near the Xinfadi wholesale food market district in Beijing, Saturday, June 13, 2020. - Pic AP

Beijing's 36 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were all related to Xinfadi, a large wholesale market of fruits, vegetables and meat, an official said Sunday.

The Chinese capital on Saturday reported 36 new domestically transmitted confirmed cases and one new asymptomatic case, China’s Xinhua news agency quoting the municipal health commission as saying.

Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing centre for disease control and prevention, said at a press conference that all the confirmed cases were related to the Xinfadi market in south Beijing.

Pang gave a detailed description of each case, showing the patients either worked at the market or had direct or indirect exposure to the market. - BERNAMA

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