Beijing lifts several COVID measures

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Beijing announced it would lift a series of COVID-19 control and prevention measures starting Monday, considering the current epidemic situation.

Except for Fengtai district and some places in Changping, all restaurants in the city can resume dine-in services starting Monday, city authorities said.

People can also go back to workplaces after several weeks of working from home. All public transportation including buses, subways and taxis will resume normal operation, which requires negative nucleic acid test results taken within 72 hours.

All delivery persons can enter residential communities and villages as needed for their work starting Monday.

In addition to seniors in high school who have already been back on campus since June 2, students in other grades in primary and middle schools can go back to campus for classes starting on June 13. Children in kindergarten can go back to campus starting on June 20.