Chinese enjoy shopping trips and ice skating as Covid rules ease across country ⛸️
Authorities in Beijing announced commuters can board buses and trains without needing a negative Covid test for the first time in months.
Authorities in Shenzhen in south-east China said travellers no longer needed to show a negative test result to use public transport or when entering pharmacies, parks and tourist attractions.People walk through a reopened open-air shopping centre in China’s capital People in Zhengzhou in central China – home to the world’s largest iPhone plant, which was rocked by violent unrest last month – will no longer have to show Covid test results to use public transport, taxis and to visit “public areas”.
The slight relaxation of testing requirements came even as daily infections reach near-record highs in China, with two deaths recorded on Sunday.People line up in the cold for Covid tests in the capital
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