Chinese capital steps up COVID-19 curbs amid new outbreak


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Chinese capital steps up COVID-19 curbs amid new outbreak Jan 19, 2021 | World BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing said on Wednesday it will investigate all individuals who entered the city from abroad from Dec. 10 and shut down a subway station after reporting the biggest daily jump in new COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks. The measures come amid what has become the country’s most severe COVID-19 outbreak since March 2020 ahead of the key Chinese Lunar New Year holiday season, when hundreds of millions travel, raising fears of another major COVID-19 wave that could bring the...