Parts of China toughen COVID curbs to fight new outbreak – The Peninsula Qatar

Parts of China toughen COVID curbs to fight new outbreak – The Peninsula Qatar

A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site inside a residential compound, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Zunyi, Guizhou province, China October 21, 2021. Picture taken October 21, 2021. cnsphoto via REUTERS

BEIJING - A new COVID-19 outbreak has spurred parts of China to increase restrictions on movement, with the capital Beijing sealing off some areas and northwestern regions imposing a range of transport curbs and closing public venues.

China, where the coronavirus was first identified in late 2019, reported 28 new domestically transmitted cases for Thursday, more than double the 13 cases a day earlier, health authority data showed on Friday.