Sections of China’s Great Wall near Beijing will be closed to visitors beginning Saturday.<br />The closure is designed to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.<br />State media and the Beijing government office confirmed the closing of the Badaling part of the wall.<br />The reconstructed Badaling section is among the most visited parts of the wall.<br />According to Reuters, the virus has claimed the lives of 25 people thus far.<br />More than 800 cases of the coronavirus have been diagnosed worldwide.
