Beijing conducts mass testing after finding 4 new Covid cases

Beijing: Beijing plans to test thousands of people after four new Covid-19 cases were found in the suburban district on Friday, as a new outbreak prompts school closures and flight cancellations across the country. China has maintained a staunch zero-Covid strategy with strict border closures, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns. But the world's most populous country is now scrambling to reduce infections by dozens of provinces. The latest flare-up has sparked a flurry of orders for the grounding of hundreds of flights, the closure of scenic areas and schools, and stay-at-home orders in affected housing compounds. The outbreak was traced…