Beijing CPC chief, mayor summon officials from Fengtai District

Beijing authorities on Friday summoned relevant officials from the capital city's Fengtai District, underscoring the importance of the implementation of the normalized measures of epidemic control and prevention.

Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and Chen Jining, the mayor of Beijing, summoned the officials following a meeting regarding the municipal epidemic control and prevention, urging them to take serious actions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.  

This came after members of the market staff at the district's Xinfadi wholesale market tested positive for the coronavirus. 

Xinfadi wholesale market should be taken as a focal point in the epidemiological investigation of the COVID-19, Cai noted, adding that a work team will be sent to the market to make sure the situation is well under control.

Beijing authorities shut down the market at 3:00 a.m. local time on Saturday to curb the spread of coronavirus.