Empty streets, closed shops: Walking around Beijing under COVID control

Record ID: 1672628

  • Title: Empty streets, closed shops: Walking around Beijing under COVID control
  • Date: 12th May 2022
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MAY 11, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EMPTY ROADS AT THE CBD AREA WITH FEW COURIERS ON SCOOTERS CLOSED SHOPS AT THE OFFICE AREA EMPTY OFFICE AREA NEAR CBD WORKERS IN PPE WORKING FOR COVID TEST STATIONS STANDING CLOSED SHOP EMPTY ROAD EMPTY SHOPPING MALL WITH MOST OF THE SHOPS CLOSED VARIOUS OF CLOSED SHOPS AND COVERED DESKS IN THE MALL EMPTY LOBBY OF MALL DELI
  • Embargoed: 26th May 2022 13:00
  • Keywords: Beijing COVID Chaoyang China lockdown walkthrough
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001753312052022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE ACCELERATED AND NORMAL SHOTS IN THIS EDIT CAN BE FOUND IN EDIT 7424-HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/BEIJING WALKTHROUGH. SCRIPTS FOR BOTH EDITS (7424 + 7533) REMAIN THE SAME
    Once bustling with people and activities, Beijing's largest district Chaoyang was subdued on Wednesday (May 11) as the Chinese government tightened restrictions in its fight against COVID-19.
    Residents in Chaoyang, home to four million people and the epicentre of Beijing's outbreak, have been told to work from home while many roads, compounds and parks were sealed off.
    Beijing has also closed gyms and entertainment venues, banned dine-in services at restaurants and shut scores of bus routes and almost 15% of its sprawling subway system.
    The world's second largest economy is adamant that it will stick to its zero-COVID policy to fight a disease that first emerged in the city of Wuhan in late 2019, warning against criticism of a policy they say is saving lives. Beijing reported 35 new locally transmitted symptomatic coronavirus cases for May 11, up from 24 a day earlier, official data showed on Thursday (May 12).
    (Production: Thomas Suen)
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