Beijing closes produce market over new virus cases

Majority of new cases traced to wholesale market (Updated by 1.00 pm Saturday)

Beijing reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 4 pm to 12 pm on Friday - totaling seven confirmed cases on Thursday and Friday, with all having close connection with the just closed Xinfadi agricultural products wholesale market in the city's Fengtai district.

Except for one confirmed patient who went on a business trip to Qingdao, Shandong province, the other six patients had no history of being out of the capital or contacting people from Hubei or abroad.

These confirmed patients that all have been to Xinfadi or worked at the market in past days. Read More