Update: Beijing ups COVID-19 emergency response

Source: Xinhua| 2020-06-17 00:30:26|Editor: huaxia

Members of the Beijing Blue Sky Rescue(BSR) team conduct disinfection at the Yuegezhuang wholesale market in Beijing, capital of China, June 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Beijing upgraded its emergency response to COVID-19 from level III to II starting Tuesday, a local official announced.

Classes are moved online for students, and class resumption of college students will be suspended, said Chen Bei, deputy secretary-general of the Beijing municipal government, at a press conference.

The Chinese capital reported 106 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases from June 11 to 15.

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