This archive report was first published on 15 June 2020.
On June 15, 2020, China locked down ten more neighbourhoods in Beijing to try and contain the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak linked to a food market, authorities announced.
According to city official Li Junjie, fresh cases had been found in a second wholesale market in north-western Haidian district.
As a result, the market and nearby schools were closed, and people living in ten communities around it were placed under lockdown.
