Five restaurants in Beijing were reprimanded for the adoption of inadequate epidemic prevention measures on Sunday, 10 days after the capital city has weathered unprecedented challenges and risks since the newest outbreak took place on June 9.

After conducting on-the-spot inspections, the local urban management department has required the responsible units to rectify the situation, handed over the cases to relevant departments for joint punishment, ranging from warnings, fines, suspensions of business according to law.

As of Saturday, there were no new confirmed case of COVID-19 and only one asymptomatic infected case detected in Beijing, the Beijing Municipal Health Commission reported on Sunday.

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Urban Management and Law Enforcement carried out a series of epidemic prevention and control inspections in three types of venues – commercial buildings, shopping malls and restaurants. 

As of Tuesday, the urban management and law enforcement departments had inspected 38,800 key units of the three types of venues, proactively found and urged the rectification of 3,503 hidden problems, and publicized problems of 925 units.

A total of 44 companies in the Chaoyang district were reported on Tuesday to lack of prevention measures, including a number of popular restaurants and supermarkets. Some employees in these restaurants were found not wearing masks, and some supermarkets did not strictly scan QR codes at the entrance.

Global Times