Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rules

Published April 28, 2022 7:11 AM

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak.

The city of 21 million has already ordered three rounds of mass testing this week, with the third coming Friday.

On Thursday, the city's Education Bureau ordered all schools to end classes a day early ahead of next week's May Day holiday, and said it hadn't determined when they would resume.

Beijing announced 50 new cases on Thursday.

Clusters of cases have been linked to six schools and two kindergartens.

Residents of two housing compounds in Beijing's Chaoyang district were also ordered to stay inside and some clinics and businesses shut down.

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