Chinese shoppers have their temperature checked by thermal imaging
at the entrance to a local market on June 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
Authorities are trying to manage a COVID-19 outbreak linked to the Xinfadi
wholesale food market, Beijing's biggest supplier of produce and meat. Several
neighborhoods have been locked down and a number of other food markets closed,
as tens of thousands of people are being tested for COVID-19 at sites set up around
the city.
The outbreak had triggered fears of a second wave of infection after
56 straight days with no domestically transmitted cases in the capital. More
than 8,000 vendors and staff at Xinfadi have already been tested, according to
city officials, who are using contact tracing to reach an estimated 200,000
people who have visited the market since May 30.
KEVIN
FRAYER, GETTY IMAGES
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