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Coronavirus: as Beijing starts rigorous test regime officials name and shame firms breaking Covid-19 rules
- 20 million residents in 12 districts of the Chinese capital will be tested each day for three days from Tuesday
- Restaurants allowing dine-in despite a ban and companies not enforcing health codes, masks, temperature scanning and other measures are listed on social media
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The Chinese capital reported 62 Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, 11 of them asymptomatic, as the city started testing its 20 million residents and officials accused companies of flouting pandemic control measures.
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Residents in 12 districts in Beijing will be tested for the coronavirus each day for three days from Tuesday as authorities rush to contain an outbreak of more than 400 cases since April 22.
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The mass testing, covering most of the city’s population, follows three previous rounds last week.
Nationwide, the country reported 6,015 infections, with 95 per cent of the cases from Shanghai. Other cases were found across the country, including in Liaoning province in the northeast, Zhejiang in the east, Jiangxi in the southeast and Xinjiang in the northwest.
In Beijing, officials in Chaoyang district – where 40 per cent of cases in the current wave have been found – issued a public notice on social media site WeChat on Monday evening listing 45 companies they said had not complied with Covid-19 measures and restrictions.
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Some of the offenders were restaurants that offered dine-in services despite a ban since Sunday, while others had staff that were not wearing masks or not wearing them properly.
Some shops were listed because their staff or customers did not scan health codes and have their temperature checked before entering.
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