Ahead of Olympic Games, Beijing seals off more residential areas after 12 new Covid-19 cases

Beijing is on high alert as it prepares to host the Olympic Games opening on Friday.

Taipei: Beijing officials said Sunday they sealed off several residential communities in the city's northern district after new cases of COVID-19 were found.

Residents in the Anzhenli neighborhood in Chaoyang district were sealed off on Saturday, and will not be allowed to leave their compound.

Beijing is on high alert as it prepares to host the Olympic Games opening on Friday.