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Beijing introduced new COVID-19 curbs on Saturday to stamp out a “serious” outbreak as the Chinese capital maintains its strict zero-tolerance policy, with less than 100 days before it hosts the Winter Olympics.\n <\/p>\n

China’s leading epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said Saturday that authorities could contain a nationwide outbreak within a month\u2014but also warned the “pandemic cannot be eradicated within a short period of time”.<\/p>\n

The outbreak has hit at least 14 of China’s provinces and millions have been tested in the past week.<\/p>\n

The situation is “serious and complex” and the epidemic “is still developing rapidly”, Mi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission, told a press conference Saturday. <\/p>\n

In Beijing, authorities ordered all cinemas closed until November 14 in the capital’s Xicheng district, which lies west of Tiananmen Square and is home to over a million people.<\/p>\n

China announced 59 locally transmitted virus cases Saturday\u2014the highest since mid-September\u2014including two cases in Beijing linked to a tourist group infected in the north of the country. <\/p>\n

While the number is low compared to daily case counts in other countries, authorities are pushing Beijing to contain the virus ahead of the Game<\/a>s, which begin on February 4.<\/p>\n

The city\u2014which hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008\u2014will become the first to host both events.<\/p>\n

The new centre of the outbreak is 650 kilometres from Beijing, in the city of Erenhot, on the border with Mongolia.<\/p>\n

Some six million Chinese people in cities where the virus has been detected are now under travel<\/a> restrictions.<\/p>\n

The country’s nationwide train operator will suspend or limit routes in affected areas, state news<\/a> agency Xinhua reported Saturday.<\/p>\n

Entry into numerous regions is now conditional on a negative test result\u2014particularly for those coming from affected areas. <\/p>\n

Friday saw around half of flights leaving Beijing’s capital cancelled, with authorities urging people not to leave the city unless absolutely necessary. They also asked Beijingers to postpone their weddings.\n <\/p>\n\n

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