Visitors wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus walk through the Forbidden City in Beijing, Friday, May 1, 2020. (AP Photo)Beijing’s parks and museums including the ancient Forbidden City reopened to the public Friday after being closed for months by the coronavirus pandemic. The Forbidden City, past home to China’s emperors, is allowing just 5,000 visitors daily, down from 80,000. It has reported a total of 4,633 deaths from the virus among about 83,000 cases, mostly in the central city of Wuhan. Most recent cases reported in China have been among travelers arriving from abroad or in a northeastern province near the border with Russia.

Source: The Standard May 01, 2020 08:03 UTC