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China on Monday began coronavirus tests for 90,000 people and locked down several residential areas near a wholesale market in Beijing where a new cluster of Covid-19 broke out, even as the country reported 67 new infections including 42 in the capital. In a bid to stem the spread of the contagion, the authorities in Beijing started conducting the nucleic acid tests on 90,000 people. About two lakh people were reported to have visited the Xinfadi wholesale market since May 30. Also several residential areas around the market, which supplies 90 per cent of vegetables and meat products, were placed...
