Beijing city raised coronavirus emergency level, shut schools, imposed travel curbs as coronavirus cases mount

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Beijing’s city government on Tuesday raised its coronavirus emergency response measures to level II from previous level III, according to state media, as the cit battles with a fresh outbreak of the new coronavirus.

Beijing has confirmed 106 new cases of coronavirus since June 11, said the local authority on Tuesday. Prior to that date, the 21 million-strong city had gone two months without any new infections.

The new outbreak in Beijing has been traced to the sprawling Xinfadi wholesale agricultural market in the southwest of the city where thousands of tonnes of . . .

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