Beijing tightens Covid restrictions as long holiday begins

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Beijing will amp up its Covid-19 restrictions with additional testing requirements, officials announced on Saturday.

Faced with the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Chinese officials have doubled down on their zero-Covid policyBeijing will amp up its Covid-19 restrictions with additional testing requirements, officials announced on Saturday, as the start of the Labour Day holiday was muted by creeping infections in the capital.

Faced with the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Chinese officials have doubled down on their zero-Covid policy, quashing virus clusters through mass testing and lockdowns. Starting May 5, a negative Covid test taken within the past week will be needed to enter"all kinds of public areas and to take public transport", according to a notice on the city's official WeChat page.

 

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Such a stupid way to try stop the virus. Let it spread and get heard immunity.

What's happening in China is absolutely barbaric, it is total deception, abuse and torture; it's got nothing to do with the so called Covid.

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