BEIJING - Officials in hazmat suits have been seen forcing Beijing residents into quarantine amid fears a second wave of coronavirus could rip through China. An outbreak linked to the city’s Xinfadi wholesale market affecting 106 people over the past five days has prompted authorities to lock down nearly 30 neighbourhoods and test tens of thousands of people. Today the capital has reported 27 new infections from the new cluster. Activist Jennifer Zeng posted footage of officials rounding people up and claims seven hotels have been seized and turned into isolation zones. Those most at risk of coming into contact with the disease were banned from leaving the city under measures similar to those imposed in the Chinese city of Wuhan – thought to be the original epicentre of the pandemic. It comes as China grapples with how to balance containing new outbreaks while letting its economy recover – a dilemma faced by many countries all over the world. The country began lifting lockdown restrictions in March, three months after the pandemic started. But now the Government fears a second wave as new clusters begin to emerge.(FA)