Beijing Testing 400,000 per Day, Bans Wedding Receptions

财新: 北京已核酸检测35.6万人 餐饮企业禁止办婚宴

About 356,000 people from Shi's staff and the staff of farmers' markets in the city conducted nucleic acid testing. "Today, we will complete the testing of 355,000 people involved in the epidemic-related market screened by big data, and the nucleic acid testing of people in key industries, key areas, and key regions is also underway."

...Zhang Qiang said that the average daily sampling is about 400,000 people, and the sampling capacity will be expanded in the next few days.

...Wang Hong, a second-level inspector of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, introduced at the meeting that after the city’s emergency response level was adjusted, the commercial department requested that the prevention and control standards be adjusted according to the second-level response standards. Catering companies suspended activities such as wedding banquets and strictly implemented masks, Measures such as measuring body temperature and checking health treasure.

Caixin: Beijing Reimposes Restrictions Amid Resurgence of Virus

The city government ordered the closing of all schools, restricted interprovincial travel and expanded virus testing among people with higher risk of exposure. Residential compounds in areas with higher risks were locked down, according to the city government.

About 40% of flights in and out Beijing were canceled Tuesday while several interprovincial shuttle bus services were suspended, Caixin learned. Among 430 flights planned to take off from Beijing’s new Daxing International Airport Tuesday, about 260 were canceled, according to a person from the airport operator.

...The city applied different degrees of restrictions on people from different areas based on their risk level. Those from regions deemed highly risky will be banned from leaving the city or be required to take a nucleic test if they have to travel, according to the Beijing government.

...“Those who have contracted the virus should display symptoms in around two days, and if cases aren’t surging by then, it’s safe to say the outbreak has basically stabilized,” Wu said. There have been no clear signs of family clusters or cross-infection between patients, Wu said.