Beijing cases hit three-week high as Covid czar urges action | The Edge Markets

A guard stands next to a barrier fence while delivery drivers drop off deliveries outside an apartment under Covid-19 lockdown, in Beijing, China on June 13, 2022. – A + A (June 14): Beijing reported the highest number of daily Covid-19 cases in three weeks, with the capital moving to re-impose some restrictions just days after starting to ease them and appearing to avoid a broad lockdown like Shanghai. The city recorded 30 new local cases through 3 p.m. on Tuesday, including three infections in the community. On Monday, there were 74 infections, the most since May 22 when the…