Indoor Dining Resumes Tomorrow; Covid Testing Requirements Reduced to 72 Hours

Vincent R. Vinci, Contributing Editor | Jun 5, 2022 2:01 pm | 6 comments | 470 reads

Indoor dining is set to resume and Covid testing requirements are to be loosened in all areas of Beijing excluding Fengtai and parts of Changping from tomorrow onwards, according to a report today from Beijing Daily.

The report also states that all areas of town, except Fengtai and parts of southern Changping, are cleared to resume office work (although it's best to double check with your company's HR before heading back tomorrow).

Nucleic acid test requirements for entering all public venues are being relaxed as well. From now on, you'll need a test that was taken less than three days ago (72 hours) to gain access to gated venues.

Students will be allowed to return to campus as well, with high school seniors returning Jun 6 to prepare for the Gaokao. Primary and secondary school students, meanwhile, will return to school on Jun 13, while kindergarteners will return on Jun 20.

Waimai and delivery personnel will once again be allowed to enter communities for deliveries direct to your door.

Along with restaurants, all other previously suspended services such as renovation and moving services will be back, although no deadline was given, with the report vaguely saying services would be resumed in an orderly manner.

While some districts and areas are still shut for the time being -- communities and areas undergoing lockdowns will remain as such for now -- things are starting to look on the up as far as going out and about is concerned.

That being said, while these rules go into effect starting Jun 6, expect challenges to arise as this news might take some time for this to trickle down to every last community in Beijing.

READ: Use This Mini-Program to Find Covid Testing Sites Anywhere in Beijing

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BauLuo's picture BauLuo Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2022 - 04:25

Giovanni Martini wrote:
BauLuo wrote:
Giovanni Martini wrote:
BauLuo wrote:
Giovanni Martini wrote:
BauLuo wrote:

So there we were, me, Gin Martini, Mike Serrpano, sucking down a few lollypops. now Gin was abstracted by his Wechant on his phone, head down and mesmerized, Mike is asleep, head back and addressing snores to the clouds. I am smoking a cigarette and gazing off into space. Suddenly a bicycle comes carreening down sidewalk crashing almost into our table.!! Whobeit but homeless Tim!! Now, by the commotion Gin wakes from his stupor, Mike is still asleep, and homeless Timmy rejoinds to our table to imbibe a free beer at my expense. Just a normal day in downtown St. Catharines.

A poignant reminder of the dangers of dining at a bricks-'n-mortar restaurant. The only reason no one was hurt was that, thank gods and Dr. Fauci, you were all wearing your masks!

I always wear my mask, usually under my chin, like everyone else, except when I have to give a performance, like taking a nucleic acid test.

After the test I make a point of doffing mine. It's hard to wear a mask and shout clearly: “健康大革命万岁！”I mean this isn't just a physical disease here. It's about a fundamental reorientation of the Will and the Spirit. Call it "Total Pandemic.": a completely immune body encasing a completely sterilized mind acting according to the dictates of a completely entropic will. These be heady days indeed.

anyone with any sentience (and there are lot's of us) know what is going onn.

Sentience,? no I mis-wrote. I meant `sentence' I mis-wrote and added an I. I meant i have `sentence'. I took a verb, couple nouns, joined em together and made a sentence. Thus, I got sentence. Now my sentence ,may be 69 years to life or kindly bullet, but don't lets get issues confuzzled here.

Sentience? Hey, they got a cure for that. Step over here against the wall. You want a blindfold?

I am Doktor Aethelwise Snapdragoon.

BauLuo's picture BauLuo Submitted by Guest on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 21:17

Giovanni Martini wrote:
BauLuo wrote:
Giovanni Martini wrote:
BauLuo wrote:

So there we were, me, Gin Martini, Mike Serrpano, sucking down a few lollypops. now Gin was abstracted by his Wechant on his phone, head down and mesmerized, Mike is asleep, head back and addressing snores to the clouds. I am smoking a cigarette and gazing off into space. Suddenly a bicycle comes carreening down sidewalk crashing almost into our table.!! Whobeit but homeless Tim!! Now, by the commotion Gin wakes from his stupor, Mike is still asleep, and homeless Timmy rejoinds to our table to imbibe a free beer at my expense. Just a normal day in downtown St. Catharines.

A poignant reminder of the dangers of dining at a bricks-'n-mortar restaurant. The only reason no one was hurt was that, thank gods and Dr. Fauci, you were all wearing your masks!

I always wear my mask, usually under my chin, like everyone else, except when I have to give a performance, like taking a nucleic acid test.

After the test I make a point of doffing mine. It's hard to wear a mask and shout clearly: “健康大革命万岁！”I mean this isn't just a physical disease here. It's about a fundamental reorientation of the Will and the Spirit. Call it "Total Pandemic.": a completely immune body encasing a completely sterilized mind acting according to the dictates of a completely entropic will. These be heady days indeed.

anyone with any sentience (and there are lot's of us) know what is going on.

I am Doktor Aethelwise Snapdragoon.

BauLuo's picture BauLuo Submitted by Guest on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 18:19

Giovanni Martini wrote:

That being said, while these rules go into effect starting Jun 6, expect challenges to arise as this news might take some time for this to trickle down to every last community in Beijing.(unquote)

Why is that? Rumor travels at warp speed, but official pronouncements wheeze and gimp along at about half the speed of Queen Elizabeth cane-crawling to come change Joe Biden's diaper.

Jeez shush christopher, don't you ever learn nothing kid? Our dear queen tends to her duties vigilently, and our dear king, joe biden, does likewises. Get yer brain together man!

I am Doktor Aethelwise Snapdragoon.

BauLuo's picture BauLuo Submitted by Guest on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 17:38

Giovanni Martini wrote:
BauLuo wrote:

So there we were, me, Gin Martini, Mike Serrpano, sucking down a few lollypops. now Gin was abstracted by his Wechant on his phone, head down and mesmerized, Mike is asleep, head back and addressing snores to the clouds. I am smoking a cigarette and gazing off into space. Suddenly a bicycle comes carreening down sidewalk crashing almost into our table.!! Whobeit but homeless Tim!! Now, by the commotion Gin wakes from his stupor, Mike is still asleep, and homeless Timmy rejoinds to our table to imbibe a free beer at my expense. Just a normal day in downtown St. Catharines.

A poignant reminder of the dangers of dining at a bricks-'n-mortar restaurant. The only reason no one was hurt was that, thank gods and Dr. Fauci, you were all wearing your masks!

I always wear my mask, usually under my chin, like everyone else, except when I have to give a performance, like taking a nucleic acid test.

I am Doktor Aethelwise Snapdragoon.

BauLuo's picture BauLuo Submitted by Guest on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 16:08

I am currently living in Guangdong. Now, alot of folk, especially older folk don't speak putonghua. So this has been a hoot. There I am, a foreigner, that can function in Mandarin, and storekeep that can only function in Cantonese, and we are trying to make a deal. Cantonese and Mandarin ain't profoundly different, maybe like Dutch and German, so we can usually figure things out.

I am Doktor Aethelwise Snapdragoon.

BauLuo's picture BauLuo Submitted by Guest on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 15:20

So there we were, me, Gin Martini, Mike Serrpano, sucking down a few lollypops. now Gin was abstracted by his Wechant on his phone, head down and mesmerized, Mike is asleep, head back and addressing snores to the clouds. I am smoking a cigarette and gazing off into space. Suddenly a bicycle comes carreening down sidewalk crashing almost into our table.!! Whobeit but homeless Tim!! Now, by the commotion Gin wakes from his stupor, Mike is still asleep, and homeless Timmy rejoinds to our table to imbibe a free beer at my expense. Just a normal day in downtown St. Catharines.

I am Doktor Aethelwise Snapdragoon.

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