Beijing’s bar-linked COVID outbreak is ‘ferocious,’ official says

A COVID-19 outbreak linked to a bar in China’s capital of Beijing is “ferocious,” local government spokesman Xu Hejian said at a news conference Sunday.

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Some 166 cases have been linked so far to an outbreak at the Chaoyang Heaven Supermarket Bar, which emerged last week.

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Authorities reported 33 new cases on Sunday. The capital has reported 1,997 local COVID cases since April 22.