21 Million People Are Still Under Lockdown In Beijing

Daily Mail: Beijing uses phone data to round up 350,000 people for coronavirus testing, and installs facial recognition checkpoints at apartment complexes as 21MILLION are put under lockdown

* A Western reporter told how his phone rang after he attended the 'sprawling' Xinfadi wholesale market
* The market is where the new outbreak, of which there have been 158 confirmed cases so far, started
* Reporter Mark Schiefelbein was told to report to a nearby sports stadium to be tested for coronavirus
* A city official said 355,000 people had been identified for testing using 'big data' but did not say how
* Residents have also been urged not to travel outside Beijing and thousands of flights have been cancelled

Beijing is using phone data to round up more than 350,000 people for coronavirus testing as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus.

One western reporter revealed how he received a phone call ordering him to get tested after he attended the 'sprawling' Xinfadi wholesale market, where the new outbreak started.

A city official explained that 355,000 people had been identified for testing using 'big data'.

It also emerged that at least 21million have had lockdown rules reimposed on them in China as part of fightback measures.

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WNU Editor: China is saying that the outbreak is under control. But 21 million people are still under lock-down.

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