A designated makeshift zone for trading vegetables and fruit is set up on the north side of Jingliang Road, Beijing, June 16, 2020, after the Xinfadi Wholesale Market was closed due to the report of COVID-19 cases. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yu)
Beijing raised its public health emergency response from the third to the second level due to the new cluster of local COVID-19 infections.
All the new cases are related to the Xinfadi wholesale market in Fengtai district, said Chen Bei, deputy secretarygeneral of the Beijing municipal government, at a news conference on Tuesday.
The cluster of infections is believed to be associated with human-to-human transmission and contaminated objects, Chen said.
A designated makeshift zone for trading vegetables and fruit is set up on the north side of Jingliang Road, Beijing, June 16, 2020, after the Xinfadi Wholesale Market was closed due to the report of COVID-19 cases. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yu)
A designated makeshift zone for trading vegetables and fruit is set up on the north side of Jingliang Road, Beijing, June 16, 2020, after the Xinfadi Wholesale Market was closed due to the report of COVID-19 cases. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yu)
A designated makeshift zone for trading vegetables and fruit is set up on the north side of Jingliang Road, Beijing, June 16, 2020, after the Xinfadi Wholesale Market was closed due to the report of COVID-19 cases. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yu)
A designated makeshift zone for trading vegetables and fruit is set up on the north side of Jingliang Road, Beijing, June 16, 2020, after the Xinfadi Wholesale Market was closed due to the report of COVID-19 cases. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yu)
