Beijing has urged residents not to leave the city during the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays, implementing fresh restrictions after several coronavirus infections last week. Two domestic patients were reported on Friday, a convenience store worker and a Hewlett Packard Enterprise employee. Another two asymptomatic patients were discovered in Beijing earlier in the week. Beijing is conducting testing on a limited scale in the neighborhoods and workplaces where the cases were found. Authorities have shut schools and all public spaces in five neighborhoods in Dalian, and only essential workers can leave their compounds.-AP

Source: The Standard December 26, 2020 13:52 UTC