Cinemas in the western part of the Chinese capital, which has a population of one million, are closed. The authorities fear an epidemic rebound a few months before the Winter Games.
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New turn of the screw in China. Beijing ordered the closure of some of its cinemas on Saturday, October 30. The country faces an epidemic rebound of Covid-19 within 100 days of the Winter Olympics organized in its capital. In this context, the authorities have taken great steps to eradicate an epidemic outbreak for the moment very limited, with less than 300 cases.
To curb the contagion, all cinemas in Xicheng District will have to remain closed until November 14, the municipality said. Xicheng District, which includes neighborhoods west of Tiananmen Square, has a population of over one million. The move comes as China nationally reported 59 new locally-originated Covid-19 cases on Saturday, a record number since mid-September. Among them, two additional cases in Beijing.