Beijing cleared of medium-risk areas, public health response level lowered

An elderly woman plays badminton at Jingshan Park in Beijing on July 20, 2020. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn] 

Beijing reported no new confirmed local cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, which means the city had zero new cases for 14 days in a row, said Gao Xiaojun, a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Health Commission at a news conference on Monday.

From June 11 to Monday, the city reported 335 confirmed local cases, of whom 104 are still hospitalized and 231 were discharged from the hospital, which means more than two-thirds of the patients have recovered.

By Monday, Beijing had no high or medium-risk areas after the last community in Fengtai district was designated a low-risk area.

According to the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 47 communities in 11 districts have had confirmed COVID-19 cases since June 11. At the peak, there were five high-risk communities and 39 medium-risk communities.

As Beijing lowered its public health emergency response from the second to the third level on Monday, tourist services for groups from other provinces will resume as long as the teams are from low-risk areas.

Outbound tourist service will not be resumed, according to the city government.