BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - Life in Beijing will take a step closer to returning to normal on Monday (June 6), as the capital rolls back Covid-19 restrictions having previously declared the latest outbreak of the virus was under control.

Public transport will resume in most districts, except Fengtai and some parts of Changping, allowing workers to return to the office and restaurants to start dine-in services, local authorities said in a statement on Sunday.

Entertainment facilities like cinemas will open in most areas, with capacity capped at 75 per cent.

Residents are allowed to move about freely as long as they have a negative Covid-19 test result within the past 72 hours. The previous requirement was 48 hours.

The capital reported six infections for Sunday, down from 19 on Saturday.

In Shanghai, cases fell to eight on Sunday from 22 on Saturday. Relief over last week's lifting of a gruelling two-month lockdown has been curtailed somewhat by an uptick in cases outside government mandated quarantine. Three of the cases were found outside quarantine.

China's overall outbreak has been trending down steadily, but prevention remains "complicated" with new clusters emerging in Inner Mongolia and other areas, Lei Zhenglong, an official at the National Health Commission, said at a briefing on Sunday.

The Inner Mongolia region reported 49 cases, while the northeastern city of Dandong announced 13 new local infections. The county of Donggang, governed by Dandong and home to a port that’s a hub of trade with North Korea, imposed travel restrictions on Saturday due to rising local cases.