Beijing residents told to delay weddings and keep funerals brief as authorities try to halt Covid spread

Beijing officials on Friday told residents to postpone weddings and keep funeral ceremonies short, as disease controls across China were tightened just months before the Winter Olympics begins in the capital.The world’s most populous nation has reduced Covid-19 infection numbers to a trickle since its initial epidemic last spring thanks to a zero-tolerance approach of border closures, targeted lockdowns and long quarantine periods.But China is now grappling with flare-ups in a dozen regions…

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