COVID situation in Beijing extremely severe

BEIJING: Close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases were found to have visited the Universal Studios theme park in Beijing on October 24, Global Times reported.

Beijing reported two new locally transmitted cases on Saturday, both in Changping district. Changping closed 23 businesses, including pharmacies and hair salons, after closing 44 businesses for their slack implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures.

The Universal Studios theme park notified all visitors who came to the part on October 24 to have nucleic acid testing and necessary health checks, and said all the park staff members have undergone nucleic acid testing and received a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.

The Beijing government on Friday urged the Universal Studios theme park to implement COVID-19 emergency management, after the Chinese capital reported nearly 30 confirmed cases in less than two weeks.

Beijing's Haidian district will give nucleic acid tests on all students in primary and middle schools. (IANS)

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