China's capital Beijing sealed off 10 areas of its north-eastern Shunyi district on Tuesday, the first lockdown in the city since the last coronavirus outbreak in the months of June and July. Authorities started testing everyone in the Shunyi district of Beijing from Saturday following the emergence of local infections. Six villages, three buildings and one industrial zone were among the areas locked down, a Beijing municipal official told a news conference. China's state news agency Xinhua reported that 1,207,657 people in Shunyi had been given coronavirus tests by 3pm on Monday. 1,207,657 people in Shunyi had been given coronavirus tests by 3pm on Monday and 901,206 of them had tested negative, reported Xinhua News Agency.

Source: Daily Mail December 29, 2020 12:28 UTC