Beijing residents step out for air amid tightened COVID curbs, Shanghai keeps testing

Record ID: 1671164

  • Title: Beijing residents step out for air amid tightened COVID curbs, Shanghai keeps testing
  • Date: 3rd May 2022
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MAY 3, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WOMAN WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN EMPTY PARK MAN PLAYING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER PAVILION BARRIER IN FRONT OF CLOSED AMUSEMENT PARK SIGN ANNOUNCING TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF AMUSEMENT PARK DUE TO COVID-19 LOCK ON BARRIER WOMAN WITH YOUNG CHILD WALKING PAST CLOSED AMUSEMENT PARK (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 38-YEAR-OLD BEIJING RESIDENT AND PROFESSIONAL IN THE HEALTH INDUSTRY, LONG, SAYING: "I am worried about the situation, but there is nothing to do about it. I just wonder how long is this situation going to last and what will the economic consequences be?" CCTV BUILDING TRAFFIC MOVING ON ROAD VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE FOR COVID-19 TEST MEDICAL WORKERS FACILITATING PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE FOR COVID-19 TEST VARIOUS OF MEDICAL WORKERS GIVING COVID-19 SWAB TESTS (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 36-YEAR-OLD BEIJING RESIDENT AND FINANCE PROFESSIONAL, ZHANG, SAYING: "Indeed, we did have to make some changes to our plans for the holidays, many indoor activities have been cancelled due to safety concerns. But the pandemic has been going on for about two years already, my friends and I somehow already expected something like this to happen. So, we would consider all the circumstances before making plans to go somewhere for the holidays. In general, I’d say it’s alright. A few small changes, but it’s ok to stay at home and do something else." RESIDENTIAL AREA UNDER LOCKDOWN POLICE VEHICLE PARKED AT SIDE OF ROAD / GATE SURROUNDING COMPOUND UNDER LOCKDOWN POLICE AND MEDICAL STAFF STATIONED NEAR GATES / DELIVERY WORKER HANDING PACKAGE TO RESIDENT OVER A FENCE PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE FOR COVID-19 TEST BEHIND FENCE IN COMPOUND UNDER LOCKDOWN / TRAFFIC MOVING PAST ON ROAD SHANGHAI, CHINA (MAY 3, 2022) (REUTERS) RESIDENTS STANDING IN LINE FOR COVID-19 TEST
  • Embargoed: 17th May 2022 11:36
  • Keywords: Beijing COVID-19 China Shanghai coronavirus health lockdown mass testing pandemic
  • Location: BEIJING, SHANGHAI, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, SHANGHAI, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001543603052022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Beijing residents on Tuesday (May 3) stepped out for brief walks as the capital of 22 million tightened COVID curbs over the five-day Labour Day holiday, keeping up with mass testing to isolate infections and avert a Shanghai-like lockdown.
    In a local park with a closed amusement park, residents strolled and played with young children while keeping a careful distance from one another, fearing they might receive a quarantine order if found to have been in the proximity of a COVID case.
    Separately, an official said on Tuesday Beijing will postpone school reopening for at least one week after the holiday. Beijing's new daily cases have been relatively steady since the first infections in the capital emerged on April 22, with a total of 62 detected on May 2.
    In Shanghai, the number of cases found outside quarantined areas was up to 73 from 58 - a setback after two consecutive days of zero such cases.
    (Production: Alessandro Diviggiano, Jacqueline Wong, Jacinta Goh)
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