People queue up to register for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Chaoyang District, Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2022. Starting from Monday, people who live and work in Chaoyang District have to take nucleic acid test every two days till April 29 to curb the recent resurgence of COVID-19 here. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reported 29 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases between 4 p.m. Sunday and 4 p.m. Monday, local authorities said on Monday.
A total of 70 local infections have been logged since Friday, said Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center.
Five more neighborhoods have been classified as medium risk for COVID-19, bringing the total number of medium-risk areas in Beijing to six. The city currently has one high-risk area.
Group tour services within Beijing have been suspended, the municipal bureau of culture and tourism said.
Vegetable supplies in the city's seven major agricultural product wholesale markets totalled 22,700 tonnes on Monday, indicating stable supplies and prices, said Zhao Weidong, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau.
Zhao said that Beijing has a sufficient and stable supply of daily necessities on the whole. ■
