The COVID-19 infection cluster linked to a bar in Beijing's Sanlitun area has continued to grow since Thursday, leading to stricter prevention measures and more residential communities being put under lockdown on Monday.
Chinese authorities have traced back the "ferocious" COVID-19 outbreak to a raucous bar that has forced officials to order immediate mass testing of residents. The situation comes after the country has only recently lifted its two-month-long lockdown in Shanghai.
Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district on Monday after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the capital. China is the last major economy still committed to a.