Beijing on high COVID-19 alert after May Day holidays end

Beijing [China], May 5 (ANI): China's capital city Beijing is on a high COVID-19 alert to contain the spread of the virus as the city resumed work on Thursday following a five-day-long Labour Day holiday.

At least 50 new cases of infection were reported in Beijing on Wednesday while Shanghai confirmed more than 4,000 new infections. It also reported 13 deaths, taking the city's total COVID death toll since April to 500.

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