Beijing Tests Millions, Puts Thousands Into Lockdown After Outbreak at Bar

A medical worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site, during a mass testing for COVID-19 in Chaoyang district of Beijing on June 13, 2022. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

After a short break, Beijing has resumed mass COVID-19 testing.

A flare-up of COVID-19 infections linked to a nightclub prompted the city to rescind an earlier decision to ease restrictions that had put the capital into a partial lockdown for more than a month.