China COVID-19: Shanghai reported 7,872 local cases on Sunday.
Beijing:
In a major escalation of COVID-19 restrictions amid a surge in Omicron variant cases, Beijing has banned all restaurant dining, closed Universal Studios and forced residents to stay home, a media report said. Proof of a negative Covid test has been ordered, a media report said.
According to a CNN report, Saturday has been banned in the city as a five-day holiday on the occasion of International Labor Day.
After several rounds of mass testing, closing dozens of residential communities and suspending schools, Beijing further tightened restrictions at the start of the holidays, the report said.
The capital Beijing, on Sunday, reported 51 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and four asymptomatic cases, local media reported quoting officials as COVID-19 cases continued to rise at an alarming rate.
Many residents of Beijing have rushed to stock up on food and daily necessities over the past week, as a Shanghai-style lockdown could lead to shortages, CNN reported.
There is little holiday spirit in China this year, the report said, as the government is doubling down on its zero-Covid policy to fight the country’s worst outbreak since Wuhan.
Many local governments have ordered residents not to leave their cities unless absolutely necessary and have imposed lengthy quarantine requirements for people arriving from areas where COVID-19 cases have been reported. have come.
Meanwhile, in Shanghai, authorities said on Sunday that community transmission was “effectively controlled” in the city, after more than a month of stringent lockdown that confined its 25 million residents to their homes, reports stated in.
Shanghai reported 7,872 local cases on Sunday, continuing a general decline since April 13, officials told a news conference, the report said, adding that the city also reported 38 new deaths, bringing the current outbreak’s total death toll to 422. has occurred.
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