BEIJING – The Chinese capital of Beijing in the past two weeks has been edging toward a state of alarm, as a flurry of Covid-19 cases in the city sparked mass testing, lockdowns of some residential areas, and caused mass gatherings and performances to be cancelled.

Some 18 locally transmitted cases, the first domestic infections in Beijing in over 150 days, have been detected since Dec 14.

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