September 11, 2022

Beijing has strengthened COVID-19 prevention measures on campus as cluster infections in multiple universities continue to increase. The capital city detected 14 new COVID-19 confirmed cases among quarantined individuals between 12 am and 3 pm on Sunday, 13 of whom are university students. 

The recent clusters found in universities in Beijing originated with people returning to the capital from other provinces, Xu Hejian, spokesperson for the Beijing municipal government, said on Sunday at a press conference.

As students return to Beijing from all over the country for the new fall semester, the city has faced pressure to prevent imported infections from entering Beijing local schools amid the latest COVID-19 outbreak that has appeared in 29 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions since September 1.

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