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Beijing closes market, locks down area in new virus outbreak

by Associated Press
| June 13, 2020 5:03 AM

BEIJING (AP) — The largest wholesale food market in Beijing was shuttered behind police guard and the surrounding neighborhood locked down Saturday after more than 50 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the Chinese capital.

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