Chinese police stand outside the entrance to a market in Beijing that was closed by authorities yesterday.
The closure of the Xinfadi wholesale market at 3am local time on Saturday , came after two men working at a meat research centre who had recently visited the market were reported on Friday as having been infected by the novel coronavirus.Concern is growing of a second wave of the new virus, even in many countries that seemed to have curbed its spread. It was first reported at a seafood market in Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei province, in December.
Reflecting concerns over the risk of further spread of the virus, major supermarkets in Beijing removed salmon from their shelves overnight after the virus causing Covid-19 was discovered on chopping boards used for imported salmon at the market, the state-owned Beijing Youth Daily reported. The city government also said it had dropped plans to reopen schools on Monday for students in grades one through three because of the new cases.