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LurkerJ on 16 June 2020
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Beijing residents are rounded up and put in quarantine as the city goes back into lockdown and new travel bans are introduced to stop 'extremely severe' fresh coronavirus outbreak blamed on 'European salmon'

  • China reported 40 more coronavirus infection on Tuesday, with 27 in Beijing as parts of the city lockdown
  • One scientist has warned the new strain of the virus could be more infectious, believing it came from Europe
  • Officials have been fencing off parts of the city with some in total lockdown while mass testing has resumed
  • The outbreak has been linked with a food wholesale market called Xinfadi which sees thousands of visitors

China now faces a dilemma on how drastically to deal with new outbreaks while keeping the momentum in its economic recovery - a situation shared by other countries such as New Zealand that have beaten the virus.

There remains a sense of unease on Asian and global markets about signs of a COVID-19 resurgence, just as the city was getting back on track and after months of no new cases.