COVID-19 lockdown fears spark panic buying in Beijing

Beijing residents are nervously stockpiling food and supplies, fearing officials could implement a mass lockdown — similar to the one in Shanghai that’s kept millions inside their homes for weeks — to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.

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