Beijing registers new Covid cases and locks itself
Beijing registers new Covid cases and locks itself. Beijing recorded 31 other Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. Since June 13, more than 356 thousand tests have been carried out on the population at a fast and continuous pace. With long and exhausting queues in front of the numerous laboratories developed, including mobile ones.
According to municipal authorities, the potential is 400,000 tests per day thanks to 100,000 health workers in the field, according to local media. In the afternoon count, the two airports of the capital saw the cancellation of 1,255 arriving and departing, equal to about 70% of the total.
“Based on the epidemiological curve, we identified the cases at their initial stage. Now the trend is still on the rise,” said Pang Xinghuo. Deputy director of the Center for Disease Prevention and Control in Beijing, noting in a press conference broadcast in streaming that. “The current outbreak that emerged from the wholesale market in Xinfadi, in the southwestern district of Fengtai, has caused 137 definite cases of Covid-19 in Beijing since last Thursday”. So, according to Pang, “a further increase in infections is not excluded”.
China will issue a third batch of special government bonds intended to finance the containment of COVID-19 in an attempt to balance epidemic control activities with the country’s economic and social development. The Ministry of Finance has made it known on its website.
This year, China will pursue a more pro-active and more impactful fiscal policy. Widening the deficit to over 3.6% of GDP and issuing 1,000 billion yuan of government bonds to finance the containment of COVID-19 and free new funds for companies and individuals.
Alessandro Pallavicini
