Beijing: Authorities in the Chinese capital are ramping up measures like testing and restricting hotel bookings as the total number of coronavirus cases climbed to nine on Saturday, while other parts of the country reported 38 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, according to the National Health Commission.
Five persons who tested positive in Beijing had travelled to Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Shanxi Province from Oct.
12 to Oct. 15, and returned to Beijing on Oct. 16. Another person was a close contact, according to the municipal health commission.
This is in addition to the 32 cases reported nationwide on Friday. The spike has prompted health officials in Beijing and other provinces to step up