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A new outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) in Beijing has forced the city to shut down schools and escalate measures to slow the rate of infections in the city. The shutdown of schools came as the Chinese capital raised its emergency response level to two on Tuesday. This meant that people looking to leave the city would have to be tested for the virus first. According to the National Health Commission , the total number of infections from Beijing’s new wave has reached 137. The majority of these have been traced to the sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food market. In...
