(Yicai Global) June 15 -- Xinfadi Market, Beijing’s largest wholesale food emporium, has been locked down since June 13 after 45 staffers turned up positive for Covid-19 in throat swab tests. The sprawling commercial facility, which features fruit, vegetables and meat, has been fully shuttered since June 13. Trading is now on ice and rings of security surround the sprawling complex.

On June 13, Yicai Global visited the now-closed market in the city’s southern Fengtai district. Its radiating roads are also closed. Barriers and cops keep one intersection off-limits to all pedestrians and vehicles.

The market’s entrance is a no-go zone patrolled by police.

Few trucks ferry goods on the roads close to Xinfadi, but many police cars line nearby streets.

Only public works vehicles are allowed onto roads approaching the wholesale hub these days.

Vehicles and vendors selling vegetables appear occasionally around Xinfadi.

Vendors who sell fruit adjacent to the market find few buyers.

Editor: Ben Armour