Beijing city must race against time to block bar-linked COVID outbreak, official says
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The Chinese capital Beijing must race against time to block the spread of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to a local bar, Beijing government spokesperson Xu Hejian said on Tuesday.
A total of 287 COVID cases had been reported in the bar cluster, health official Liu Xiaofeng said at a news briefing.
The city reported 30 new local COVID infections on Tuesday as of 3 p.m. local time (0700 GMT), Liu said.
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