Staff sort out daily supplies and load them in a car in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2021.(Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Beijing's Daxing District issued a notification on Wednesday banning all people in the district from leaving the capital.
Those who need to travel outside the city should obtain approval from local authorities and obtain a negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test result taken within three days prior to the departure, according to the leading group on epidemic prevention and control work in Daxing.
The district will enforce stringent lockdown management in five residential compounds in the Tiangongyuan sub-district, where the new cases were detected.
Over 24,000 residents of the compounds are now required to self-quarantine in their homes.
Health authorities in Beijing said on Wednesday that they had identified the novel coronavirus behind the recent COVID-19 cases in Daxing as the mutant strain first found in Britain.
A staff member delivers daily supplies in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2021.(Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Staff sort out daily supplies and load them in a car in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2021.(Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Staff sort goods in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2021.(Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
People wait in line to get their daily supplies in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2021.(Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
A delivery man delivers goods in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2021.(Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2021 shows a supply area in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China.(Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
A staff member sterilizes the goods to be delivered in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2021.(Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
A staff member in a protective suit transports supplies with a cart in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2021.(Xinhua)
