Coronavirus enters 'spread' period in Beijing

Beijing has seen a growing trend of secondary cases of the novel coronavirus, cases of asymptomatic infection as well as patients of a young age, the capital's health commission reported on Wednesday afternoon.

Gao Xiaojun, spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, said imported cases are the lion's share of confirmed cases in Beijing and the number of secondary infection cases is increasing.

As of Wednesday at noon, there are 102 confirmed cases of the virus in Beijing and one male patient at the age of 50 died on Monday.

The government said the epidemic in the capital has entered the period of spreading, asking all stakeholders to establish regular reporting systems to prevent the virus' spread.