take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws. A worsening coronavirus outbreak in Beijing has forced China to raise its emergency response to the second-highest of four levels and cancel more than 60 … you provide it and location, unless you state otherwise. "Although roads and highways in Beijing were still open and companies and factories had not been told to halt work, authorities stepped up movement control measures on Wednesday.About 60 percent of scheduled flights at the Beijing Capital International Airport had been cancelled or were likely to be by 1000 GMT, aviation data tracker Variflight showed, as were about half the flights at Daxing, the city's other major airport.State media said train passengers also got ticket refunds, an apparent bid to discourage travel.All outbound taxi and car-hailing services and some long-distance bus routes were cancelled on Tuesday, when officials put the city back on a level two alert, the second-highest in a four-tier virus emergency response system.That reversed a downgrade to level two from level three just 10 days earlier.Kindergartens, primary schools and high schools shut across Beijing, as did some bars, restaurants and night clubs.Beijing designated 32 neighbourhoods as medium-risk areas as of Wednesday, with entrants undergoing temperature checks and registration. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.More than two million vulnerable people can now leave their home for the first time since lockdown began. These are external links and will open in a new windowMillions of people in Beijing are living under renewed restrictions, as a spike in virus cases continues.The city reported another 31 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 137 in the past week.Before the recent spike, the Chinese capital had gone 57 days without a locally-transmitted case.The outbreak is believed to have started in the massive Xinfadi food market that supplies 80% of the city's meat and vegetables.At least 27 neighbourhoods have been classed as medium risk and one neighbourhood, near the market, is high risk.People in medium or high-risk areas cannot leave the city. When sending us pictures, video or eyewitness accounts at no time should you endanger yourself or others, That's why they've cancelled 1,255 flights in and out of the capital on Wednesday so far.For the moment, the authorities are managing Beijing districts almost like cities within the city, imposing strict measures where needed in the hope that they can control it.The main difference between now and February is that businesses, government departments, manufacturing are all still operating.Perhaps because of this, there seems to be a general confidence that the cluster will be controlled - before becoming a full-blown second wave.Local media said the virus was discovered on chopping boards used for imported salmon at the Xinfandi market.The general manager of the market was dismissed, along with other local officials.The Beijing government said "relevant people" from the market would not be allowed to leave the city, regardless of which neighbourhood they live in.The market has tens of thousands of visitors each day.In general, China has successfully "flattened the curve" in recent months.After passing 80,000 confirmed cases at the start of March, it has added only around 3,200 since then.Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.
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