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Beijing Covid-19 spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

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Fears of a hard Covid-19 lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital.

Added on the 25/04/2022 16:36:41 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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