Beijing in ‘wartime emergency’ after coronavirus spike shuts market – Gulf Today

Beijing in ‘wartime emergency’ after coronavirus spike shuts market – Gulf Today

Two women wear protective suits as they walk on a street near the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing on Saturday.. Chu Junwei, an official of Beijing's southwestern Fengtai district, told a briefing on Saturday that the district was in "wartime emergency mode".. As part of measures to curb the spread of the virus, Fengtai district said it had locked down 11 neighbourhoods in the vicinity of the market.. Authorities closed the Xinfadi market at 3 a.m. on Saturday (1900 GMT on Friday), after two men working at a meat research centre who had recently visited the market were reported on Friday to have been infected..