Prognosis
Covid Infections in Beijing at Highest Level in Eight Months
- Feverish couple bent on playing majhong fueled the outbreak
- Rule breaking cross-country travelers spread Covid nationwide
Photographer: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images
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China’s capital is experiencing its worst Covid outbreak in more than eight months, fueled by tourists returning from northern provinces where the fall colors were in full bloom.
Beijing has reported about 20 infections so far in the latest flare-up, which was initially tied to a couple of retired university lecturers from Shanghai who went on a road trip through the nation’s scenic northwest in early October. A second couple from Beijing was so set on having fun once they returned that they ignored persistent fevers and ultimately exposed hundreds of people to the virus.