Staff members work at a factory of Beijing Benz Automotive Co, Ltd in Beijing, China, Feb 21, 2020. (CHEN ZHONGAO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – Beijing will lower its emergency response to COVID-19 from level-II to level-III starting Monday, an official of the Beijing municipal government announced Sunday.
The city has effectively contained the spread of the virus after taking the most decisive, resolute and strict measures to control the source of infections at the very beginning, obstruct infection channels and beef up the prevention and control network, said Chen Bei, deputy secretary-general of the Beijing municipal government, at a press conference.
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From June 11 to July 19, Beijing reported 335 confirmed COVID-19 cases in relation to the Xinfadi wholesale market, the source of the epidemic flare-up in the capital city, she said.
Local authorities said on Saturday the work resumption of enterprises in Beijing has returned to the level in early June
The city has reported no newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 for 14 consecutive days by Sunday, Chen told reporters.
Earlier on Saturday, local authorities said the work resumption of enterprises in Beijing has returned to the level in early June.
As of Thursday, most of the major commercial buildings, construction sites, industrial enterprises and supermarkets in Beijing had resumed operation, Li Sufang, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference.
The resumption of major restaurants had reached 91.1 percent, while that of offline stores, such as fruit and vegetable shops, convenience stores, and hair and beauty salons, had reached 91.9 percent.
Beijing reported no new confirmed or suspected domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Friday, the municipal health commission said Saturday. This means that the city had reported no new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases for 12 consecutive days.
