Beijing’s back-to-school plan on hold as more coronavirus cases found

Municipal authorities in the Chinese capital have closed markets and postponed plans to reopen schools after two more local coronavirus cases were reported in Beijing on Friday.Zhang Jie, deputy chief of Beijing’s Fengtai district, said the two new patients lived in the district and worked at theChina Meat Research Centre, a meat testing facility.The announcement came a day after the capital reported its first patient after 55 days without a new local case, putting the city on alert for a…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3088893/beijings-back-school-plan-hold-more-coronavirus-cases-found