Prognosis
Beijing Goes to Extreme Lengths to Avoid Shanghai Covid Woes
- Restaurant dining banned, gyms closed during May Day holiday
- Three rounds of mass testing ordered to contain outbreak
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China’s capital is deploying an increasingly hardcore playbook to contain its nascent Covid-19 outbreak, from repeat testing of most residents to barring access to public places without a negative result as it seeks to avoid the chaos seen in Shanghai.
Beijing halted dining-in at restaurants for the duration of the May Day holiday, which runs through Wednesday, made entry into places like parks and monuments dependent on a negative Covid test and has shuttered gyms. Officials on Tuesday urged residents not to leave the city unnecessarily, with only people with green health codes and who have received a negative Covid test within 48 hours able to leave.