Little cheer for Year of the Tiger in China as COVID bites
The coronavirus pandemic is once again dampening Lunar New Year celebrations in China and elsewhere in Asia, even as increasing vaccination rates raised hopes that the Year of the Tiger might bring life back closer to normal. The Lunar New Year – the most important annual holiday in China – falls on Tuesday, February 1 and brings in the Year of the Tiger. The government is warning the highly-contagious Omicron variant has increased the risk of infection, as hundreds of millions of people travel for the holiday to celebrate with loved ones. This will be the third New Year in a row celebrated in the shadow of the pandemic. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports from Beijing, China. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #China #COVID19 #YearOfTheTiger
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