Inner Mongolia in China quarantines tourists over virus fears

Service sector workers wearing face masks line up for Covid-19 test during a mass testing at a site in Beijing (Andy Wong/AP)

More than 2,000 tourists visiting China’s Inner Mongolia region have been sent to hotels to quarantine for two weeks following the detection of new cases of Covid-19 in the area.

The move follows reports of an outbreak of in the vast, lightly populated region that attracts visitors with its mountains, lakes and grasslands.