Punishment given in case of infected Wuhan woman returning to Beijing

The Beijing CDC had been ordered to strengthen rectification and the head of the Xinshijie Property Management Co Ltd responsible for parking in the Xinyijiayuan community was summoned for a talk, according to Xiao.

The local district public security bureau also carried out an investigation on whether Huang and her family's actions violated the law, said Pan Xuhong, deputy director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau.

Huang, who had been transferred to and received medical treatment at Beijing Ditan Hospital, and three of her close contacts tested negative after their second nucleic acid test on March 1, according to Zhao Lingyun, deputy director of Beijing Dongcheng district government.

Zhao said all neighborhood communities in Dongcheng will implement more stringent closed management measures to strengthen epidemic prevention efforts. For example, each vehicle should have one permit to get into the community and every community resident holds one pass.

"For all people who return from Hubei now, the district government will contact them one by one to clarify the requirement of not returning to the capital," said Zhao.

Beijing reported one new confirmed novel coronavirus case on Monday, a close contact with the previously confirmed case, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 414 as of Sunday midnight.

Six patients have been cured and released from the hospital in Beijing, with the oldest 56 years old and the youngest three, according to the city's health commission.