After gradually tightening COVID-19 curbs over the past few weeks, Beijing officials on May 12 said they “recommend” that residents stay at home while new mass testing is underway.
Panic buying gripped the capital amid rising concern of a citywide lockdown, though authorities have dismissed lockdown speculation as “rumors.”
Xu Hejian, a spokesperson for city officials, said at a briefing that Beijing will conduct three rounds of testing in 11 of the city’s 16 districts and an economic zone for three days, beginning May 13. He urged people to reduce their movements during the period.
With gradually escalating restrictions in China’s capital—most recently the suspension of taxi services in some virus-hit districts—many are nervous that the city is heading toward a Shanghai-style lockdown. The ongoing lockdown in the financial hub started in late March when officials asked its 25 million residents to stay at home so that health workers could complete two rounds of mass screening.
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