Beijing Close Schools Over Surge in Covid-19 Cases

Schools across Beijing have been closed and classes moved online as authorities’ battle numerous COVID-19 flare-ups across the country.

China’s Guangzhou announced a five-day lockdown for the most populous district of Baiyun, and suspended dining-in services and shut nightclubs and theatres in the main business district.

Health authorities in the capital also reported two COVID-19-related deaths after announcing the first death in over six months the previous day.

COVID cases are rising across China, with flare-ups in regions ranging from Zhengzhou in central Henan province to Chongqing in the southwest.