Name: Beijing tightens entry rules as COVID cases rise
Uploaded: 2022-11-04T17:00:10.000Z
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The superlative

China's capital warned Monday it was facing its most severe test of the global health crisis.

Present continuous

Beijing is fighting a rise in infections, reporting 962 new cases on Sunday.

Past simple

China also recorded its first deaths over the weekend since May.

Beijing shut businesses and schools in hard hit districts and tightened rules for entering the city.

Everything's closed, customers cannot come either.

The latest wave has tested china's resolve to stick to changes made to its zero tolerance policy.

The government has called for cities to be more targeted in clampdown measures.

It also wanted to avoid widespread lockdowns, which had frustrated locals and hurt the economy.

Several chinese cities began cutting routine community testing last week.

That led to speculation that it could be a test bed for policy relaxation.

China's recent efforts to make its curbs more targeted had sparked investor hopes of a more significant easing.

Many analysts expect such a shift to begin only in March or april, but asian share markets and oil prices fell on monday.

As investors worried about the new curbs.

 Besides Beijing, Guangzhou has introduced a five day lockdown in its most populous district. 