New Delhi (NVI): Beijing residents were today asked to wear face masks before going out of their houses and advised not to travel out of the capital as the city has reported new Covid-19 cases.
Health officials are ramping up measures ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival and Chinese New Year holidays following the emergence of new cases, official media reports said.
Meanwhile, the Chinese port city of Dalian went into a war-time mode to deal with the new cases.
China has controlled the pandemic after it emerged in Wuhan in December last year but new cases continued.
The country reported 20 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases, including eight locally transmitted ones and 12 arriving from outside China, the National Health Commission (NHC) said.
Earlier in May, Beijing health officials said that there is no need to wear masks as the virus has been brought under control.
China has so far reported 86,933 COVID-19 cases since early this year. This includes 328 patients who are still receiving treatment.
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