Beijing cleared of medium, high risk areas for Covid
Monday - August 23, 2021 2:57 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Beijing, Aug 23 (IANS) Beijing has been cleared of medium and high-risk areas for Covid-19 with the last medium-risk area being downgraded to low-risk on Monday.The Beijing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said in an announcement that a residential community at Yancun Township in the district of Fangshan was downgraded to a low-risk area, reports Xinhua news agency.With the adjustment, the whole of Beijing is in the low-risk category for Covid-19.Beijing saw a resurgence of Covid-19 on July 28, as one confirmed locally transmitted case of was reported. The city has not reported any new locally transmitted cases since August 11.
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