The Chinese capital has put the school online in one of its main districts amid a new outbreak of COVID-19 linked to a nightclub, while life has not yet returned to normal in Shanghai, despite the lifting of a confinement that has lasted more than two months.
Key points:
- More than 100 cases have been linked to a nightclub in Beijing’s Gongti nightlife area
- Chaoyang District schools re-online, except for students taking practice exams
- Mass tests and movement restrictions have returned to Shanghai
China has adhered to its policy of “zero COVID” which requires mass testing, quarantine and the abduction of anyone who has come in contact with an infected person in concentrated places where hygiene is generally poor.
A total of 166 cases have been reported to the Heaven Supermarket club in the downtown Gongti nightlife area after an infected person visited it on Thursday.
The entire area, along with the adjacent Sanlitun shopping and dining complex, was closed until further notice.
The outbreak prompted authorities in the vast Chaoyang District to put the school back online, with the exception of students taking high school and high school placement exams.
Restrictions have returned to Chaoyang District where authorities have ordered massive daily tests. (AP: Ng Han Guan)
Sports rallies in the city have also been stopped.
Chaoyang has ordered massive daily tests, with long queues forming and waiting times of two hours or more.
In Shanghai, 502 people have been linked to three positive tests detected since June 9 among customers of the Red Rose Beauty Salon.
The people involved come from 15 districts of the city of 25 million people, which led to the first large-scale restrictions since the blockade was formally ended on June 1.
With mass testing and movement restrictions back in place, streets and supermarkets were emptied again over the weekend.
Failure to take the tests will result in a yellow code being generated for a person’s health status application, which will deny them access to all public places.
Most students stay home and all but a few restaurants are only open for takeaway food.
Coronavirus restrictions return to Shanghai
Although 22 million Shanghai residents were released from confinement almost two weeks ago, 220,000 people are still restricted in their homes under a rule that requires no positive cases to be found in their residential premises for more than 10 days. .
Another 600,000 are in control areas, where their movements are restricted within their compounds.
Confinements have rarely shown signs of anger and despair. (Reuters: Aly Song)
Corrugated steel fences and other barriers continue to block neighborhoods and businesses, causing more discontent and complaints from residents who remain closed.
Strict enforcement of confinement, along with a lack of information and poor food distribution and other daily necessities, has led to rarely seen signs of anger and despair.
Residents have confronted workers and police, who have come to be known as “big targets” for their protective equipment, circulated online protest videos and coordinated nightly shouts and coup events. ‘pot to vent.
The loosening of restrictions led to an exodus of non-Shanghai residents, including foreigners, who had been trapped in the blockade.
Despite the recent outbreak, Beijing reported only 51 new cases on Monday, 22 of them asymptomatic.
City residents are still undergoing regular testing, especially every two days, and must wear masks and slide a mobile phone app to enter public places and facilitate case tracking.
China has maintained its “zero-COVID” policy despite considerable economic costs and a statement by the head of the World Health Organization that the policy is unsustainable.
Across the country, China reported only 143 cases, almost all in Beijing and Shanghai. The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China remained static at 5,226.
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