China's largest city moved a step together towards ending its weeks-long COVID lockdown, as a Beijing outbreak has forced officials to order mass testing.
In Beijing, a smaller outbreak has forced the city to order additional rounds of mass testing and step up quarantines – though it has resisted implementing a widely-criticized"zero-COVID" lockdown.
Schools, subway lines and tourist sites are closed there and residents have been advised to avoid travel between city districts.The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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