A medical worker guides people lining up for nucleic acid tests at a sampling site in Chaoyang district of Beijing on Satureday December 26, 2020. Beijing has tightened coronavirus epidemic prevention and control measures after new reports of local infections in the national capital. On Friday, Beijing reported two new local infections, both in the Shunyi District. The Shunyi district has entered a coronavirus "wartime state" with tightened personnel flow management and mass testing in progress, executive deputy district chief Zhi Xianwei told reporters. Zhi said the district activated an emergency response plan, doing epidemiological surveys, source tracing, nucleic acid testing, community management, and environmental disinfection.

Source: The Standard December 27, 2020 05:48 UTC