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Beijing district in 'wartime emergency' after Covid-19 cluster at major market

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Forty-five people out of 517 tested positive at the Xinfadi market in the city's southwestern Fengtai district.

A Beijing district put itself on a "wartime" footing and the capital banned tourism and sports events on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of Covid-19.

Forty-five people out of 517 tested with throat swabs at the Xinfadi market in the city's southwestern Fengtai district had tested positive for the coronavirus, Chu Junwei, a district official, told a briefing.

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