![]() ![]() The government in Beijing announced Friday that due to the upcoming holiday season and influx of foreign athletes, residents should avoid leaving the city during the Spring Festival, unless necessary. It’s bad news too for the world’s second largest economy, still struggling with real estate woes and the fallout from sporadic lockdowns.Ĭhina’s “zero-Covid” strategy will be pushed to the limits when Beijing hosts the Winter Olympics in February, as the country opens its doors to foreign athletes at the same time the Omicron variant will likely be surging in other parts of the globe. The travel restrictions are a fresh blow for lockdown-weary Chinese families, who have endured some of the toughest – but most effective – rules in the world for more than a year. Hu Xiaofei/VCG/Getty ImagesĬhina was already facing an economic slowdown in 2022. It urged residents in any city with confirmed Covid-19 cases against traveling during the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays, amid an outbreak of infections in recent weeks.Īutomatic guided vehicles (AGV) move components on the production line of solar cell at a 5G intelligent workshop of Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd on Decemin Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. The Lunar New Year – which begins on Febru– is China’s biggest holiday, with millions of people traditionally crisscrossing the country to join loved ones for the festivities.īut those plans were upturned for many after China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Saturday announced travel restrictions, doubling down on its “zero-Covid” strategy ahead of the Beijing Olympics happening the same month. ![]() Several European cities have already canceled firework displays ringing in 2022 and some countries are reimposing restrictions, while Chinese families face the prospect of their third Lunar New Year spent apart. As the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant looms across parts of the globe and the Delta variant remains dominant – for now – in others, the Covid-19 pandemic is again threatening holiday celebrations for millions.
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