China confirms two COVID-19 variant cases in Beijing


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Jan. 20, 2021 / 9:22 AM China confirms two COVID-19 variant cases in Beijing By Elizabeth Shim ( 0 ) China's capital has ordered a lockdown of a southern district after several cases of COVID-19 were reported in the area on Wednesday. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese authorities confirmed two cases of a new British COVID-19 variant in Beijing, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when tens of millions of Chinese are expected to travel across the country. Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, said...