The loosening comes after officials said on Friday that the city had achieved zero new community cases in 13 out of 16 districts for seven consecutive days, a key threshold for unwinding the curbs. China’s rigid Covid Zero strategy has brought the recent outbreaks in megacities like Shanghai and Beijing under control – although in the case of Shanghai that involved a punishing two-month lockdown – and authorities have warned that the risk of a resurgence remains.
Beijing will continue to roll back its Covid-19 restrictions on Monday, as China’s capital eyes a return to normality after declaring at the end of last month that the latest outbreak of the virus was under control.
The city will resume public transport in most districts, except Fengtai and some parts of Changping, allowing workers to return to their offices and restaurants to restart dine-in services, the local authorities said in a statement on Sunday.
