People  wait in line for COVID-19 vaccinations at a vaccination site in Daxing  District of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 3, 2021. [Photo via Xinhua]

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Beijing on Monday designated one community in the southern Daxing District as medium-risk for COVID-19, after two new  locally transmitted cases were reported in the area on Sunday, according  to local authorities.

Two local cases were reported in the Ronghui community of the Tiangongyuan neighborhood on Sunday, said Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the  Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, at a press conference  on Monday.

A total of 43 close contacts of the two confirmed cases have been placed under medical observation, said Liu.

The city now has six areas that are classified as medium-risk for COVID-19.