Beijing imposes new transit restrictions in bid to contain COVID | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera

As Omicron spreads, officials in China's capital city are trying to avoid the kind of mass lockdown seen in Shanghai. Residents line up for COVID tests in Beijing [Andy Wong/AP Photo] Published On 4 May 2022 4 May 2022 facebook twitter whatsapp Authorities in China's capital Beijing have shuttered the entrances to more than 40 subway stations and 158 bus routes, as the government tries to rein in the spread of the highly-contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The transit restrictions imposed on Wednesday affect districts on the eastern side of Beijing at the epicentre of its latest outbreak. Starting…