Weird holiday in Beijing

During the 5-day International Labor Day holiday, the Department of Commerce Beijing requesting all food and beverage restaurants to temporarily suspend on-site service from May 1 to May 4, and instead offer takeout and delivery services. In addition, Beijing officials also urged people to cook at home.

The number of people coming to parks and scenic spots is limited to about 1/2 capacity. Cinemas are closed during public holidays. According to a notice from the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau, performance and entertainment venues, internet salons, offline art training activities and city tours have been ordered to be suspended during the holiday. ceremony.

Anyone wishing to enter public facilities in Beijing must present a negative test result taken within the previous 48 hours.

From May 5, Beijing residents must have test results taken within the previous 7 days to use public transport. Photo: EPA-EFE

From May 5, after the end of the holiday period, residents of the capital will have to provide test results taken within the previous 7 days to use public transport and enter office buildings. , entertainment venue or sports facility.

Negative certification results are required to enter gyms, shopping malls, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, libraries, museums and tourist attractions.

Those who go to hospitals, schools or attend large gatherings must also submit test results within 48 hours. By page SinaIt is not known when the above policies of the Beijing government will expire.

According to the National Health Commission, in Beijing, the number of new cases on April 30 was 67, of which 8 were asymptomatic. Up to now, the capital Beijing has recorded 295 cases of Covid-19 since April 22.

The Beijing government said it will conduct free Covid-19 testing for people starting from May 3. According to Li Ang, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, this is to ensure that regular testing goes smoothly and orderly after the five-day holiday.

All restaurants in Beijing will temporarily suspend on-site service from May 1 to May 4, replacing them with takeout and delivery services. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

Previously, the Chaoyang District Disease Control and Prevention Agency (Beijing) conducted tests on people living and working in this district on April 25, 27 and 29.

Two residential areas in Chaoyang District on April 24 were classified as high-risk and medium-risk areas, respectively. Local officials said on April 30 that people in Chaoyang would have to undergo two more tests.

Beijing has built a field hospital with 4,000 beds. Mr. Ly Ngang said: “In the future, a number of large sites will be planned and built into large-scale field hospitals.”

However, Professor Kim Dong Ngan at the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Hong Kong is optimistic, not thinking that Beijing will have to see a blockade as severe as before, unless there are more infections in the country. batch testing.

China recorded more than 10,700 cases of Covid-19 on April 30, most of them in Shanghai. Shanghai has been on lockdown for about a month after becoming the epicenter of a new outbreak. Currently, the epidemic situation in Shanghai tends to decrease gradually.