Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport has suspended long-distance passenger shuttle buses and tourist charter buses to and from Beijing, except for those connecting the capital with neighboring Tianjin and Hebei province, to stop the spread of the coronavirus through road transport.
On Tuesday, Chinese health authorities reported 143 new coronavirus infections—108 of them locally transmitted, the highest daily figure since infections began to rise again on July 20. Among the 143 were 108 local cases and 35 imported, with no new deaths. Of the 38 asymptomatic infections, 20 were local cases and 18 imported. China now has 1,702 outstanding Covid-19 cases, including 54 severe infections.