Beijing shuts markets due to coronavirus clusters

AKIPRESS.COM - Authorities in Beijing temporarily closed a major wholesale market in the city after the National Health Commission (NHC) reported six more locally transmitted cases in the Chinese capital. Chinese media said at least two of the infected people had visited the Xinfadi market. Authorities said all workers at the freshfood market were being tested for the virus. They also closed the Jingshen seafood market and ordered testing of food and environmental samples for all of Beijing's wholesale food markets.
Earlier, the city said it was delaying the planned reopening of school Monday for first to third graders because of the new cases.
Beijing reported its first locally transmitted case in more than seven weeks on Friday.