Beijing avoids severe COVID-19 restrictions ahead of festive season


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Share this content Bookmark BEIJING: China’s capital Beijing on Thursday issued a series of coronavirus-related advisories ahead of the peak travel season from New Year’s Day to the Chinese Lunar New Year in February, but it stopped short of imposing severe restrictions. The city government appealed to residents to stay put in Beijing during the holiday season, emphasizing at a news conference that government officials and state-owned enterprise employees should take the lead. Advertisement Advertisement Beijing reported two new confirmed cases with symptoms of COVID-19 on Dec 18, followed by reports of two asymptomatic carriers on Thursday (Dec 24). The...