Beijing opens up restaurants, cinemas as China continues easing Covid-19 curbs

A staff member wipes a seat at a restaurant in Beijing on June 2, 2022. - Reuters

BEIJING (Bloomberg): Life in Beijing will take a step closer to returning to normal Monday (June 6), as the capital rolls back Covid-19 restrictions having previously declared the latest outbreak of the virus was under control.

Public transport will resume in most districts, except Fengtai and some parts of Changping, allowing workers to return to the office and restaurants to start dine-in services, local authorities said Sunday. Entertainment facilities like cinemas will open in most areas, with capacity capped at 75%. Residents are allowed to move about freely as long as they have a negative Covid test result within the past 72 hours. The previous requirement was 48 hours.