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China is facing a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Shijiazhuang, a city 290 kilometres from Beijing, laying increasing pressure on the capital which has been faced with imported COVID-19 infections from travellers, media reports said.
Shijiazhuang, the capital city of North China’s Hebei Province in neighbouring Beijing has suspended the operation of trains and buses from 3 pm on Sunday amid the latest COVID-19 spike that started Thursday, Global Times reported.
After conducting its third round of citywide nucleic acid testing, the city, home to a population of more than 11 million reported 25 new asymptomatic cases on Sunday within the last 24 hours.
Of these cases, 22 are from the Qiaoxi district. As of 12 pm on Saturday, the city has detected 47 COVID-19 cases, all asymptomatic. In a bid to contain the situation, the city on Sunday decided to seal off four districts including Qiaoxi.
