If you're just joining us, here's the latest on Beijing's COVID-19 market cluster

- From last Thursday (June 11) to Sunday (June 14), 79 confirmed cases were reported across eight Beijing districts.

- A vast majority, 77 out of 79 were linked to Xinfadi wholesale market, directly or indirectly. The remaining two cases are still under epidemiological investigation.

- Xinfadi wholesale market, located in Huaxiang, Fengtai District, has become a focal point of the new cases. Huaxiang township now is the only area in China labeled as "high risk."

- All communities in Beijing are returning to level-2 response measures with round-the-clock checks. Entertainment, fitness and sports venues are also ordered to temporarily close.

- Residents living near the market and those living in the same communities as a confirmed COVID-19 patient are required to receive nucleic acid tests.

- Two Fengtai officials have been removed from their posts, deputy district head Zhou Yuqing and Party secretary of Huaxiang Township Wang Hua, for misconduct during epidemic prevention and control. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuelin, general manager of the Xinfadi wholesale market, was also sacked.

- Beijing authorities said at a media briefing on Sunday that the spread of the new mutation of the virus "has not been completely grasped," adding the situation in the Chinese capital is still grim.

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