A resident plays a ribbon as visitors walk by the Turret of the Forbidden City covered with snow fall in Beijing, Sunday, February 13, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)
A boy wearing a protective mask is seen in a tourist electric car, following new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Shanghai, China on February 14, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)
A couple wearing protective masks kiss on the Bund on Valentine’s Day, following new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Shanghai, China on February 14, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)
This aerial photo taken on February 15, 2022 shows residents queueing to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nantong in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)
A worker looks behind curtains before the women’s play-offs semifinal match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition between USA and Finland, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 14, 2022. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics volunteers pose with single red roses as they hand them out to journalists and personnel leaving a ‘closed loop’ hotel on Valentine’s Day, in the Thaiwoo ski resort in Zhangjiakou, China, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emily Roe/Reuters)
People lie in hospital beds outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on February 15, 2022, as the city faces its worst Covid-19 coronavirus wave to date. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)
Blacksmiths throw molten metal to create a shower of sparks, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations, at a park in Beijing on February 15, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)
A woman wearing a traditional costume holds a lantern as she visits the Longqingxia Ice and Snow Festival, during the Lantern Festival in Yanqing district of Beijing, Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Tuesday marks the Lantern Festival in China, the final day of the annual celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)
Residents line up to get tested for the coronavirus at a temporary testing center for COVID-19, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday said a surge of coronavirus cases is overwhelming the city’s emergency resources, but defended strict measures that have been imposed. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
