Update: Beijing reports 39 new local COVID-19 infections-Xinhua


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A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid testing in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China, May 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Xin) BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reported 39 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections between 3 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m. Monday, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, told a press briefing on Monday. Thirty-four cases were detected among people under closed-off management and five were found through mass screening in communities, Pang said. During the recent mass testing, health authorities identified multiple infections in key industries...