Parts of Beijing were placed under lockdown on Saturday as six new domestic Coronavirus cases were reported, fuelling fears of a resurgence in local transmission. People were prevented from leaving their homes at 11 residential estates in south Beijing-s Fengtai district after most of the cases were linked to a nearby meat market, city officials said in a press briefing.

Beijing-s first COVID-19 case in two months, announced on Thursday, had visited Xinfadi meat market last week and had no recent travel history outside the city. China-s domestic outbreak had been brought largely under control through vast, strict lockdowns that were imposed after the disease was first detected in the central city of Wuhan last year.