Beijing launches fresh round of mass COVID-19 testing as locked-down Shanghai postpones crucial exams

Beijing has tightened transit restrictions as it seeks to avoid a COVID-19 outbreak, similar to the one that happened in Shanghai, where residents have been subject to draconian movement curbs. Beijing has kicked off a fresh round of mass testing for COVID-19 on Saturday, and shut more bus routes and metro stations, as it seeks to avoid what happened in Shanghai, where millions of residents were locked down for over a month.