[Shanghai / Beijing, 12th Archyde.com]–In Shanghai, China, infection was confirmed in a district that had just been determined to have virtually no new infection with the new coronavirus, and regulations on infection prevention were tightened once more. Beijing, the capital, has discontinued taxi and dispatch services in highly infected areas.
According to a statement by Shanghai city officials on the 12th, two newly infected people were confirmed in the area where the strictest regulatory measures were not taken on the 11th. The two were confirmed in two of the eight districts that authorities ruled as “zero corona” this week without community-acquired infections for three consecutive days. Residents of the area were recently allowed to walk and buy food, but were once more ordered to be banned and inspected.
Beijing officials announced on the night of the 11th that taxi and vehicle dispatch services will be temporarily suspended in three districts, including the epicenter of the current epicenter of the spread of the infection.
Forty-six new cases were confirmed in Beijing on the 11th. It increased from 37 people the day before. In Shanghai, there were 1305 newly infected people without symptoms (1259 the day before) and 144 newly infected people with symptoms (228 people the day before).