A spike in Covid-19 cases in China this week has led to fears of a second wave. Three separate clusters of infection were reported in mainland China as well as a sharp increase in cases in Hong Kong.
Yvonne Murray reports from Beijing. For many weeks it looked like China had won its battle against Covid-19. Widespread testing, strict quarantine measures and travel bans had seen cases drop to single digits, most of those imported by returning Chinese nationals.
Even the sudden outbreak in a Beijing seafood market in early June was quickly brought under control and the city began to open us as normal.
But this week, a sharp uptick in domestic transmissions in three separate regions (Liaoning, Jilin and Xinjiang) as well as in Hong Kong, has