transmitted cases of the virus, five. this is a handful of cases. we re talking about zero covid china at the time of the beijing games. mass testing is underway. 2 million people in the district of beijing are undergoing mandatory covid testing right now. snap lockdowns, that s happening. a number of people in the district following 13 residential buildings have been sealed off. they re not allowed to leave their homes for 21 days. beijing officials have issued a curious directive telling all people who have purchased cold or fever medicine, they have to go get themselves tested for covid. they re trying to prevent people from using these medicines from masking symptoms of covid-19. if they don t get tested, they will be punished. they won t be allowed to travel or use the beijing city health app to use public services or go out to restaurants. as you can imagine there s been a very angry reaction to that on