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Beijing Opens Up Restaurants, Cinemas as China Eases Curbs

  • Public transport to resume, residents can move more freely
  • China bans arbitrary containment rules to ease economic hit
Beijing continues to roll back the cities Covid-19 restrictions. Emma O’Brien reports.Source: Bloomberg
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Life in Beijing will take a step closer to returning to normal Monday, as the capital rolls back Covid-19 restrictions having previously declared the latest outbreak of the virus was under control.

Public transport will resume in most districts, except Fengtai and some parts of Changping, allowing workers to return to the office and restaurants to start dine-in services, local authorities said Sunday. Entertainment facilities like cinemas will open in most areas, with capacity capped at 75%. Residents are allowed to move about freely as long as they have a negative Covid test result within the past 72 hours. The previous requirement was 48 hours.