World coronavirus dispatch: Fresh outbreak in Beijing gathering momentum

Coronavirus resurgence in Beijing, HSBC revives plan to cut 35,000 jobs, and Indonesian virus cas-es top Singapore.
 

Hundreds of Beijing flights cancelled after coronavirus resurgence: Hundreds of flights in and out of Beijing were cancelled on Wednesday as authorities stepped up measures to rein in a sudden outbreak of coronavirus in the Chinese capital, placing it under a so-called "soft lockdown”. On Wednesday, Beijing reported 31 new Covid-19 cases for the previous day, bringing the total number of infections over the past six days to 137. The flare-up, linked to the city's largest wholesale food market, Xinfadi, is the worst