A staff member in the kitchen takes out a roasted goose from the oven and hangs on the rack to drip oil while making the “Poon Choi” dish at the RenRen Heping Restaurant in Hong Kong on Jan. 21, 2022. Tighter COVID-19 restrictions, including a ban on dining in restaurants after 6 p.m., are making Hong Kong residents plan their annual reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s eve at home. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





Fong Wah-yat, Poon Choi chef Fong Wah-yat prepares Poon Choi dish at the RenRen Heping Restaurant in Hong Kong on January 21, 2022. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





Poon Choi Chef Fong Wah-yat carries a bucket of prawns while making the “Poon Choi” dish at the RenRen Heping Restaurant in Hong Kong on January 21, 2022. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





Chef Fong Wah-yat prepares the “Poon Choi” dish at the RenRen Heping Restaurant in Hong Kong on Jan. 21, 2022. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





A man wearing a protective mask and personal protective equipment walks at the Shanghai Railway Station, as the annual Spring Festival travel rush begins ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China on January 27, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A woman receives a throat swab test at a temporary COVID-19 testing center as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Beijing, China, January 26, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Railway staff members wearing personal protective equipment, leave a high-speed train at Zhangjiakou cluster train station inside a closed loop area designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Zhangjiakou, China January 27, 2022. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A man wearing a face mask walks along a street in Hong Kong, Friday, January 28, 2022. Hong Kong is cutting the length of mandatory quarantine for people arriving from overseas from 21 to 14 days, even as the southern Chinese city battles a new surge in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





A man and two little girls ride a scooter past lanterns and decorations in the historical center of Beijing on January 27, 2022 in Beijing, China. The upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have caused a rapid growth of the popularity of winter sports and winter outdoor activities in China. (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)





A traveler stretches out as she enjoys a sunny day near an advertisement for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing railway station in Beijing, China, Friday, January 28, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics is coinciding with the Chinese Lunar New Year and Chinese authorities have called on the public to stay where they are instead of traveling to their hometowns for the year's most important family holiday. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A traveler waits outside the Beijing railway station with her trolley bags and a gift box with the words “The taste of New Year” in Beijing, China, Friday, January 28, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





An attendant pours coffee as a robot makes a fresh pot in a waiting area within the closed-loop “bubble” at the Taizicheng train station – created as a preventative measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus – in Zhangjakou on January 29, 2022, ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP Photo)





Residents wearing masks to help protect from the coronavirus past near a giant doll depicting the god of fortune ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Saturday, January 29, 2022. Chinese are traveling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are as Beijing tries to contain coronavirus outbreaks. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Workers in protective gear disinfect an Olympic shuttle bus ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, January 30, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





People purchase Chinese New Year decorations at a market to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong, Monday, January 31, 2022. The Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 1. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)





Workers wearing mascot costumes of the Beijing Winter Olympics to attract customers chat each other outside a restaurant during the Lunar New Year Eve in Beijing, Monday, January 31, 2022. The pandemic is muting Lunar New Year celebrations again this year, though people around Asia are finding ways to mark the traditional holiday despite restrictions on travel, restaurants and large gatherings. The Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A child in a tiger costume walks with a lantern ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year festivity at Yu Garden, following the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Shanghai, China, January 28, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Illuminated trees and lanterns are pictured during snowfall at Olympic park near the Main Press Centre ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China, January 30, 2022. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)





A winter swimmer jumps into a pool in the frozen Songhua River during an activity for welcoming the Chinese New Year on January 30, 2022 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. (Photo by Liu Yang/VCG via Getty Images)