Beijing introduces more Covid-19 measures as cases mount before Winter Olympics

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BEIJING - Beijing's city government on Sunday (Jan 23) introduced new measures to contain a recent outbreak of Covid-19, as China's capital continued to report new local cases of the virus less than two weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. Nine locally transmitted cases were found in Beijing on Jan 22, the National Health Commission said on Sunday,...

People queue at a nucleic acid test street booth outside a closed loop area designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China on Jan 23, 2022.BEIJING - Beijing's city government on Sunday introduced new measures to contain a recent outbreak of Covid-19, as China's capital continued to report new local cases of the virus less than two weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games.

Fengtai will organise nucleic acid tests for Covid-19 for all of its residents on Sunday, district health authorities said. Beijing city has also asked residents to proactively conduct nucleic acid tests if they find themselves with Covid-19-like symptoms within 14 days of receiving any deliveries from overseas, local authorities said in a statement dated Saturday.

Reuters could not determine whether the requirement is a government regulation or the kindergartens' own rules.

 

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