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Beijing reports no new COVID-19 cases

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5 years ago

April 30, 2020

Abiodun Oluleye

China’s capital, Beijing, saw no new confirmed local or imported COVID-19 cases for 14 consecutive days that ended on Wednesday, a local government official said.

Xu Hejian, spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Government, told a news conference on Thursday that Beijing reported no increase in confirmed, suspected or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

“The city’s Chaoyang District, which was formerly categorised as a high-risk region due to reported clustered infections, has been downgraded to low-risk from Thursday,’’ Xu said.

Beijing has lowered its emergency response to the COVID-19 epidemic from the top level to the second level.

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