Starting 5 May, a negative COVID-19 test taken within the past week will be needed to enter public areas and to take public transport in Beijing.
A security guard wearing a face mask takes the temperature of visitors as they enter a public park in Beijing, 30 April 2022, the first day of the Labor Day holiday period in China.Beijing residents will need clear COVID-19 tests to enter public spaces, officials said Saturday, announcing fresh virus controls at the start of a Labour Day holiday muted by creeping infections in the capital.
Starting 5 May, a negative COVID-19 test taken within the past week will be needed to enter "all kinds of public areas and to take public transport", according to a notice on the city's official WeChat page. China reported more than 10,700 domestic COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with most in economic engine Shanghai.
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