Beijing will relax restrictions again on Monday in the face of the latest coronavirus outbreak

MADRID, 5 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Chinese capital, Beijing, will continue to relax this coming Monday its restrictions against the latest coronavirus outbreak, under control since the end of last month, with the reopening of public transport in most districts, Fengtai and some parts of Changping.

On Friday, authorities confirmed that 13 of the capital's 16 districts had not seen new cases for a week, a key threshold for lifting restrictions.

Parks and entertainment facilities like movie theaters will open in most areas from Monday, with maximum capacity limited to 75%.

Additionally, residents can move freely as long as they have a negative test result within the previous 72 hours. The previous requirement was 48 hours.

Schools will gradually reopen, with primary and secondary schools resuming face-to-face classes from June 13 and kindergartens from June 20, according to the statement collected by Bloomberg.

China on Saturday reported a total of 88 local infections and asymptomatic cases, including 19 in Beijing and 22 in Shanghai.

The overall outbreak has been on a steady downward trend, but prevention remains "complicated" with new clusters emerging in Inner Mongolia and other areas, Lei Zhenglong, an official with the National Health Commission, told a briefing on Monday. Sunday.

However, the situation in the territory of Hong Kong worsens with each passing day after the confirmation of a total of 515 new infections in the last 24 hours, its highest daily figure in the last six weeks, as a result of the outbreak of more than 200 cluster cases of infections discovered last week in four city bars.