Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In China -- News Updates November 16, 2020

Daily Mail: Beijing residents are rounded up and put in quarantine as the city goes back into lockdown and new travel bans are introduced to stop new 'extremely severe' coronavirus outbreak

* China reported 40 more coronavirus infection on Tuesday, with 27 in Beijing as parts of the city lockdown
* One scientist has warned the new strain of the virus could be more infectious, believing it came from Europe
* Officials have been fencing off parts of the city with some in total lockdown while mass testing has resumed
* The outbreak has been linked with a food wholesale market called Xinfadi which sees thousands of visitors

China is rounding up Beijing residents and forcing them into quarantine as the capital goes back into lockdown amid an 'extremely severe' coronavirus outbreak, an activist claims.

Footage shows officials in hazmat suits barking orders through a megaphone while people line up in queues and pack into buses amid fears that a second wave of virus cases is about to hit the country.

Activist Jennifer Zeng, who posted the footage, claims that seven hotels were requisitioned as quarantine sites with people rounded up in an all-day operation after an outbreak linked to the Xinfadi wholesale market.

Beijing has today reported 27 new infections from the Xinfadi cluster and cases have spiked in recent days after mass testing and draconian lockdowns appeared to have brought China's outbreak to a virtual standstill.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In China -- News Updates November 16, 2020

Beijing virus situation 'extremely severe' as 27 new cases reported -- AFP
Beijing reports more new Covid-19 cases as WHO warns of cause for 'concern' -- France 24
Coronavirus: Beijing tightens controls amid spike in local cases -- BBC
New virus outbreak in China stokes second wave fears -- AFP
Beijing coronavirus outbreak: travel restricted to tackle 'extremely severe' situation -- The Guardian
Beijing expands lockdown as new coronavirus cases top 100 -- PA Media
WHO calls for more ‘systematic, exhaustive investigation’ on clusters in response to Beijing outbreak -- CNBC
China’s economic recovery from coronavirus in doubt as Beijing outbreak forces businesses to ‘wait and see’ -- SCMP
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