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    Lockdown Measures Return To Beijing As Testing Reveals Cluster At Major Food Market

    Officials have discovered 79 symptomatic cases of the coronavirus linked to the Xinfadi food market, prompting a return to partial lockdown measures and fears of a second wave of infections.
    by Emily Feng Jun 14, 2020 2 minutes
    Paramilitary police officers wear face masks and goggles as they stand guard at an entrance to the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing on Saturday.

    Updated 1:15 a.m. Monday

    China's capital of Beijing has discovered 79 symptomatic new cases of the coronavirus since Thursday, leading city authorities to resurrect lockdown measures and elevating fears of a second wave of infections.

    All the new cases were linked to the sprawling wholesale food market in the

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