Beijing reinstates dining-in, reopens gyms in widest Covid-19 easing measures yet

Places with a higher concentration of people like restaurants will still require negative test results to enter. - Bloomberg

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The Chinese capital on Tuesday (Dec 6) made its most significant – and coordinated – easing measures in nearly a month, allowing gyms and bars to reopen, restaurants to resume dining-in, and to no longer require proof of negative Covid-19 tests in even more venues.

In a series of announcements, the municipal government announced that those entering supermarkets, office buildings and other public areas will not have to show proof of a recent Covid-19 test. This includes entering residential compounds and villages. Some areas in the outskirts of Beijing had in recent weeks pro-actively barred visitors in a bid to prevent infections.