Beijing Outbreak News Today

Months of lockdowns and frequent mass testing are depleting local coffers but there are no signs of a shift from pandemic controls.

Students gather in their hundreds to demand certainty on their final exams and whether they will be allowed to return home.

All 670 students and staff living at the Fangshan campus have been transferred to an isolation facility.

Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan says testing booths will be within easy reach for all residents in the country’s major cities.

Chaoyang and Shunyi parklands off-limits until further notice as residents’ complaints mount in the Omicron-hit capital.

Lockdown fears spark panic buying but while strict controls are in place the city’s advice is not to travel.

Immigration authority pledges to maintain ‘highest levels’ of prevention and control for inbound or outbound travellers.