Beijing stirs up because of 1 case of COVID-19 after 3 days without new cases

Restaurant employees deliver food to delivery drivers outside a shopping mall in Beijing on May 30 – Photo: REUTERS

City government spokesman Xu Hejian said the case recorded on May 30 showed that Beijing’s task to achieve the goal of “flexible Zero COVID” is very difficult and that officials should maintain Maintain high vigilance against this virus.

According to Reuters news agency, the streets of Beijing on May 30 were more crowded as people in the two districts of Fangshan (Fangshan) and Shunyi (Shunyi) were allowed to return to work, stopping the application of work-from-home regulations. Most public transport services have also resumed in the two aforementioned districts and Trieu Duong district.

Libraries, museums, theaters and gyms have been allowed to reopen from May 29, although the number of participants is still limited in counties without community COVID-19 case for 7 consecutive days. However, eating and drinking on the spot in restaurants is still prohibited throughout the city.

Children are taken to a park in Beijing to play on May 29 after the government eased epidemic prevention measures – Photo: REUTERS

Meanwhile, the city government of Shanghai (China) – the commercial “capital” with 25 million people, announced that from June 1, it will lift many restrictions on businesses to resume operations. normal production and business, and at the same time apply policies to support the economy.

At present, specific information is still very limited and people and businesses are still unclear what they can and cannot do from June 1.

Businesses have been told they can resume operations, but most residents do not yet know when they will be able to leave their homes. Most public transport services remain suspended. Personal vehicles are not allowed to operate without a permit.

A bank in Shanghai said its human resources department was still unsure whether employees would be able to come to work on June 1.

Earlier, on May 29, Shanghai authorities said they would remove “unreasonable” conditions for businesses to resume operations from June 1 and announced 50 policy measures to support the economy. economy.

Measures include speeding up the issuance and use of local government bonds, asking banks to extend loans to small and medium-sized enterprises, speeding up approvals of real estate projects, and reducing some a tax on the purchase of passenger cars to promote car consumption.