Authorities in the Chinese capital announced that Beijing would strengthen measures to fight COVID-19 with mandatory tests for people’s access to various public places.
The decision was announced on the first day of the long Labor Day weekend. The Chinese usually take advantage of this date to travel – however, plans for thousands of people were foiled this year.
The most severe outbreak of COVID in China has caused many residents to stay at home as the country detected the new coronavirus in late 2019 and faced its first wave of disease in early 2020.
To counter the micron variant, which is highly contagious, Chinese authorities have reinforced a “Covid zero” policy, which includes mass testing and confinement when the first cases are detected.
The strict measures caused a slowdown in the country’s economy and growing despair among the population.
Beijing announced that after the five-day holiday, access to public space would be limited, and that from May 5, it would be mandatory to enter “various public places” to submit a negative Covid test taken the week before and “public places”. use transport”.
This news was released on the WeChat app account of the Chinese capital.
For activities such as sporting events or group travel, you will need to submit a COVID test for less than 48 hours, as well as a completed vaccination certificate.
China reported 10,700 new cases of Kovid on Saturday, the highest in the country’s financial capital Shanghai.
The metropolis, in the eastern region of the country, has been imprisoned for almost a month and is the largest active epicenter of the disease in the country with around 10,100 cases. However, the numbers are falling and account for about half of the incidents recorded in early April.
According to the National Health Commission, 54 cases were reported in Beijing in the last 24 hours.
