A major seafood and produce market in Beijing, which has 1000 employees, has been shut down, along with 11 neighborhoods and schools, after a cluster of 53 new Covid-19 cases emerged among employees and customers of the market. Only seven of the cases had symptoms. Massive testing of people in the area has begun.
The Xinfadi market supplies 90 percent of Beijing’s fruits and vegetables, according to the state media, as reported in the NY Times report. Beijing is also tightening traffic controls into and out of the city, barring inter-provincial tour groups and suspending sporting events, according to official announcements and local news reports, the Times says.
