Beijing closes parks and imposes restrictions amid fresh wave of Covid cases

A worker in protective clothing keeps watch as residents wearing face masks stand near metal barriers set up around shut shop houses that were locked down as part of Covid controls in Beijing (Andy Wong/AP)

Beijing has closed city parks and imposed other restrictions as the country faces a new wave of Covid-19 cases – even as millions of people remain under lockdown in the west and south of China.

The country reported 10,729 new cases on Friday, almost all of them asymptomatic.