Beijing reported four locally transmitted cases and one asymptomatic case, all from one family in Haidian district, on early Thursday morning, which is another family cluster during the latest COVID-19 outbreak.
According to the announcement of the Haidian center for disease control and prevention on Thursday, the five patients have been transferred to a designated hospital for medical treatment.
The local authority started mass nucleic acid testing in the district once the cases were reported. Epidemiological investigations and related control measures in the residential communities have also been initiated in the meantime.
