But today on friday, they actually have closed all schools although the authorities not billing this as a citywide school closure. instead they say they re giving everyone an extra day off ahead of the may day holiday. they re still not ruling out opening campuses after the holiday on may 5th, but i think a lot of people aren t holding their breath right now, especially with a growing number of major hospitals also being shut down. all of that really a very ominous sign even though the official tally only some 200 cases in the capital so far in this latest outbreak out of its 20-plus million residents. and most of us, of course, have already gone through three rounds of mandatory covid tests as well so far this week. already we notice the streets here seem to be less congested even during rush hours. one reason for that could be many commuters who live outside beijing jurisdictions have been literally locked out, including this one town locking down its entire population of 1 million b