Beijing also adjusts epidemic control measures for those entering the city.
A community in Changping district, Beijing, is designated as a high-risk area for COVID - 19 on Wednesday. On Monday, those who haven't received a COVID 19 vaccine will be restricted from entering some public venues in Beijing, city officials said on Wednesday.
Except for those who are not suitable for vaccination, only those who have received COVID- 19 vaccine will be allowed to enter many public institutions, including educational institutions, libraries, museums, movie theaters, art galleries, cultural centers, stadiums, fitness centers, entertainment venues, and internet cafes, according to Li Ang, deputy head of the Beijing Health Commission. People who have been vaccinated will have priority over those who have been vaccinated, according to other places requiring visitor restrictions and reservations.
He said seniors who often visit seniors' universities, activity centers, fitness and entertainment venues should get the COVID-19 vaccine as early as possible. The vaccine is an effective way to prevent getting infected and prevent conditions from worsening under the current situation of epidemic prevention and control. As of Wednesday noon, the city has given more than 62 million doses of COVID 19 vaccine to over 23.4 million people, including around 3.61 million people over 60. By the end of 2020, the city had about 4.3 million people over the age of 60 or above.
There were nine new infections between Tuesday and Wednesday in Beijing, including one asymptomatic case. All the new cases were among people in quarantine.
The total number of infections rose to 12 in the current outbreak, which emerged on Monday. It has involved four districts, with Yanqing registering eight cases. Shunyi district had two and Tongzhou and Changping had one.
Beijing has also adjusted the anti-eruptive and control measures for those entering from outside the city.
The policy was changed to seven days for those who returned from regions with one or more domestic COVID- 19 cases reported within 14 days. As long as no local infections are reported in a county-level area, people in the area will no longer be able to enter Beijing if other counties in the same prefecture-level region have infections. Restrictions on entering Beijing for people who have been to land border ports have been lifted.
In Xi'an of Shaanxi province, the tally of the outbreak starting on Saturday had reached 29 by Tuesday, including 11 confirmed cases and 18 asymptomatic carriers, most of which were related to a recycling resource trade market in the city.
The gene sequencing showed the Omicron subvariant BA. The local center for disease control and prevention said that 5.2 is to blame for the cluster of cases.
Anhui province reported 81 locally confirmed cases and 141 asymptomatic carriers for COVID 19 on Tuesday, the provincial health commission said on Wednesday morning. All the new confirmed cases were found in Suzhou, with 75 identified in Sixian County and six in Lingbi County.
The outbreak's eighth round of mass testing in Sixian found nine infections in communities, the first time for a single-digit growth since the outbreak began on June 26, according to the Suzhou epidemic control headquarters.