don t require it, in beijing you need a recent test to enter restaurants and entertainment venues. there are way less places to get covid tests in the city and the lines are short because most people are staying at home. just a week before at the exact same location, which was packed with people waiting in line. so behind me is a graveyard of covid testing booths. it is almost like overnight in beijing they removed all of these testing locations and here s the remnants. after years of harsh lockdowns, the government is letting people manage their own health but people don t feel ready. and the country hasn t vaccinated enough of the elderly population and hasn t improved health care enough. this reopening will be messy and uneven. does the government have any plans in place to increase vaccination rates? yeah, anderson. i mean, that is a key priority. but health experts are saying it
sign saying you need to show a 40 hour covid test, even though the national rules don t require in jay xin you still need a recent pcr test to enter restaurants, gyms and entertainment venues. there are way less places now to get covid tests in the city, and the lines are short because most people are just staying at home, but just a week before at this exact same location, this is packed with people waiting in line. so behind me is a graveyard of covid testing booths. it is almost overnight in beijing, they removed all these testing locations and, here are the remnants. after years of harsh lockdowns, the government is finally letting people manage their own health. but people don t feel ready and experts say the country isn t either. the country hasn t vaccinated enough of the elderly population and has an improved the health care capacity enough so this reopening, it is going to continue to be messy and and even. selina wang joins us now. selina does the government have any plans
testing positive for covid. many of the omicron cases interestingly are either without symptoms or minimally symptomatic. particularly the breakthrough cases. reporter: monday more than 7400 flights were delayed. and the seasonal rush is also creating a heavy demand on covid testing. all i can do is wait. several places is the same. reporter: testing locations are swamped with lines ramped around for blocks. and president biden conceding the steps he took earlier to scale up testing capacity have been insufficient in the wake of the omicron surge. we went there no over-the-counter tests in january to 46 million in october, 100 million in november and almost 200 million in december. but it is not enough. clearly not enough. reporter: the administration is preparing another 500 million free rapid at-home tests for