China Begins Lifting Lockdowns as New COVID-19 Cases Dwindle in Beijing


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The Chinese capital of Beijing has lifted some lockdowns in the city after only three new COVID-19 cases were reported there on Wednesday, suggesting that the recent outbreak that began on June 11 is under control. Between June 11 and June 20, Beijing confirmed more than 200 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, state-run news agency Xinhua reported last week. Beijing closed off dozens of residential compounds in recent weeks and conducted thousands of COVID-19 tests after hundreds of new cases in the city were traced to the Xinfadi food market in Beijing’s southern Fengtai District. However, this week, five residential communities...