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Beijing reports single-digit COVID-19 cases for seven consecutive days

Staff members conduct disinfection at Lugou Bridge in Beijing, capital of China, July 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Xin)BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Beijing had reported single-di

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Beijing reports two new local COVID-19 cases

Two new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported in Beijing on Saturday, marking the seventh consecutive day the city has seen a single-digit increase in cases.

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China aims to phase out sale of live poultry at food markets

A worker inspects the chicken farm of an agricultural technology company in Cheng'an County, north China's Hebei Province, March 4, 2020. /Xinhua China on Friday vowed to gradually phase out t

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China tests 50,000 food samples for COVID-19, all negative: NHC

Nationwide tests of food for COVID-19, launched in June, had produced only negative results as of Thursday, a health official said at a press conference on Friday. Zha

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How did Beijing swiftly pinpoint Xinfadi as source of infection?

Beijing's Xinfadi wholesale market. /chinanews.comAfter almost two months without new COVID-19 cases, Beijing reported one on June 11, triggering fears of a second wave

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Feature: Veteran wholesalers in Beijing's Xinfadi market optimistic of business revival

After working for two decades in the Xinfadi market in southern Beijing, Ma Yong (pseudonym), a wholesaler, saw the market suspended for the first time. "Over the year

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Beijing learns to halt new COVID-19 burst

As coronavirus continues to wreak havoc around the globe, Beijing had, until recently, returned to a comparative bubble of normality. With no new cases in almost two mo

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Beijing reports 7 new COVID-19 cases, all locally transmitted

The Beijing Health Commission said on Tuesday that seven new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were recorded on Monday, raising total infections to 324 since June 11,

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First COVID-19 patient in Beijing's new cluster infections discharged from hospital

The first COVID-19 patient in Beijing's latest cluster infections related to the Xinfadi market was discharged from hospital on Monday morning after recovery, accordin

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Beijing reports 14 new COVID-19 cases, all locally transmitted

The Beijing Health Commission said on Sunday that 14 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were recorded on Saturday, raising total infections to 311 since June 11, wh

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Greater testing capacity bolsters Beijing's fight against epidemic

File Photo: A medical worker collects a throat swab from a truck driver at the Pinggu Mafang transfer storage and transportation station for fruits and vegetables enter

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Beijing's food market COVID-19 spread "basically controlled"

Beijing's recent COVID-19 infections related to the Xinfadi food market is "basically under control," a municipal official said on Wednesday. Xu Hejian, spokesperson f

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UBS predicts over 8% growth for China's economy in Q1 2021

China's GDP is expected to grow by more than 8 percent in the first quarter of 2021, a notable rise from the negative 6.8 percent in the first quarter of this year, an economist from the United Bank

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Vice premier stresses more targeted COVID-19 control in Beijing

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, checks the reserves of epidemic prevention ma

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Beijing's new approach to contain pandemic could be "bellwether" for future outbreaks: NYT article

China's new approach to contain the coronavirus pandemic in capital Beijing could be "a bellwether for how China may handle future outbreaks," The New York Times repor

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Discover China: Fire Eye lab built in Beijing in two days to handle virus testing demand

A COVID-19 testing lab built with an air-inflated structure went into trial operation on Monday at a sports venue in a southern district of Beijing to address the city

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Beijing tightens COVID-19 screening on construction sites

Authorities in Beijing said on Monday they had launched a blanket search and testing campaign among the city's construction sites, where three confirmed COVID-19 cases