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Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rules

A man lifts his child to get a throat swab sample taken at a coronavirus test site on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker wearing a face mask takes a nap near a masked mannequin while waiting for customer inside a store on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A man wearing a face mask to help protect from the coronavirus walks along a quiet Qianmen shopping street on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Delivery workers chat each other as a man wearing a face mask waits for his groceries delivery behind a barricaded residential complex on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Locked-down residents wearing face masks wait for their groceries delivery behind a closed gate of a residential complex on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A security guard wearing a face mask walks by a masked worker takes a nap at a store on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman wearing a face mask waits for her groceries delivery behind a closed gate of a locked-down residential complex on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A resident wearing a face mask stands watch behind a barricaded fence of a locked-down residential complex on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A paramilitary police officer stands guard near a portrait of Sun Yat-sen, who is widely regarded as the founding father of modern China, on Tiananmen Square on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. With the May Day holidays just around the corner, Beijing has been tightening COVID-19 restrictions as it seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Security personnel wearing masks stand guard near a portrait of Sun Yat-sen, who is widely regarded as the founding father of modern China, on Tiananmen Square on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. With the May Day holidays just around the corner, Beijing has been tightening COVID-19 restrictions as it seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A security guard looks out from a closed gate outside a school on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A security guard wearing a face mask walks inside the main entrance gate of a shuttered primary school in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Secondary students wearing face masks wonder along a street Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Two men wearing face masks walk inside the main entrance gate of a shuttered primary school in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A man wearing a face mask rides past a closed middle school in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

People wearing face masks walk past a closed primary school in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Security guards sit inside the gate of a closed primary school in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A worker in a protective suit swabs a child's throat for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A woman receives a throat swab for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A child receives a throat swab for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Beijing shifted more classes online Thursday in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rules