Half a million in lockdown as Beijing fights new coronavirus cluster, East Asia


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BEIJING (AFP) - China imposed a strict lockdown on nearly half a million people near the capital to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak on Sunday (June 28), as the authorities warned it was too soon to "relax" over the new cluster of cases. After China largely brought the virus under control, hundreds have been infected in Beijing and cases have emerged in neighbouring Hebei province. Health officials said on Sunday that Anxin county - about 150km from Beijing - will be "fully enclosed and controlled", the same strict measures imposed at the height of the pandemic in the city of...