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COVID-19: Europe reopens border, China records second wave of cases

Border checks for most Europeans were dropped overnight in Germany, France and elsewhere, nearly two weeks after Italy opened its frontiers; mass testing begins in Beijing in a bid to stem the spread of deadly novel Coronavirus

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German police officers stand on a platform as French passengers step out of the tram at a station in Kehl on Monday as borders between France and Germany repoens

German police officers stand on a platform as French passengers step out of the tram at a station in Kehl on Monday as borders between France and Germany repoens

Borders opened up across Europe on Monday after three months of novel Coronavirus closures that began chaotically in March, even as China started blocking more areas in Beijing as COVID-19 returns to the country.

China has begun mass testing of hundreds of people who had visited a Beijing wholesale market that sparked a fresh bout of cases even as the country reported 67 new COVID-19 infections, including 42 in the capital. The Beijing authorities have conducted the nucleic acid test on 29,386 people who had visited the Xinfadi market since May 30, Gao Xiaojun, spokesman for the Beijing Health Commission, said on Monday.

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