Many shops and other businesses in China's capital were closed, and an expert warned of thousands of new cases as anger over previous COVID policies gave way to worry about risk of infection.
Pandemic control workers in protective suits sit in a neighbourhood that used to be under lockdown, as coronavirus disease outbreaks continue, in Beijing, China December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas PeterBEIJING, Dec 11 - Beijing's COVID-19 gloom deepened on Sunday with many shops and other businesses closed, and an expert warned of many thousands of new coronavirus cases as anger over China's previous COVID policies gave way to worry about coping with infection.
"We can see that hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of people are infected in several major cities," Zhong said. But evidence suggests there are many more cases in the city of nearly 22 million people where everyone seems to know someone who has caught COVID. But few people were out and about on Sunday and malls in Chaoyang, Beijing's most populous district, were practically deserted with many salons, restaurants and retailers shut.
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