After a weekend of mass #Covid testing in #Beijing, there is a lot more today. Whole housing communities are being told to be tested, in some cases twice in two days. Officials at one compound told me this was not because of infected residents but as a precaution. #China
Some context: #Beijing’s Games in 2022 compared to the atmosphere in 2008. #China. “Two Olympics and two very different Chinas” bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
You can see from the video above that there is a very high proportion of people wearing masks in #Beijing, even outdoors (in the case of this clip, 100% of people). #China
People in #Beijing are also being told to get a #Covid Test if they purchase cold & flu tablets or medicines which reduce your fever or something for a sore throat. Some are also reporting that asthma or nasal allergy medicines are at times falling under this test category #China 
Meanwhile, inside the #Olympic bubbles, Organising Committee officials say they’ve identified 72 #coronavirus infections, 39 of those upon entry into #China. The 2022 Games certainly are not the 2008 Olympics: “Two Olympics and two very different Chinas” bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
What do people in #Beijing think of no Olympic tickets, mass testing and how much #Covid is impacting the Games? #China bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
The queues are even longer today for #Covid testing in #Beijing. More housing communities and offices must be telling people they must go for a test. #China
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