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Covid-19: Hotels in Beijing banned from hosting weddings and banquets as Chinese capital tightens controls
- The city has only seen 3 coronavirus cases in recent days, but new guidelines have tightened restrictions on group gatherings
- Hotels face new rules on hosting meetings and conferences, and these events have been banned altogether in ‘core areas’
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Beijing has announced a citywide ban on hotels hosting weddings as well as other events such as group banquets amid a small surge in Covid-19 cases in other parts of the country.
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Although the Chinese capital has only seen a tiny handful of cases in recent weeks, the authorities issued a new version of its epidemic prevention and control guidelines for hotels on Tuesday, which tightened control of gatherings.
Hotels in the city are also required to restrict activities such as meetings, conferences and training sessions, while those in the “core area” are banned from holding them altogether.
These guidelines also impose restrictions on people attending the events.
People who come from a district or county which has seen a Covid case within the past seven days or who have entered the country from areas other than Macau within the past 10 days are not allowed to attend events in hotels.
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When the hotel hosts an event with people coming from outside Beijing, the people will be subject to a closed loop system.
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