Beijing’s first lab-confirmed instance of the omicron variant shared by Chinese state officials comes three weeks before the city is slated to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
the first community transmitted Covid-19 case of the highly transmissible omicron variant in Beijing on Saturday, as the country’s “zero-Covid’ policy faces increased pressure ahead of next month’s Beijing Olympics.Key Facts
Lab testing determined that a Covid-positive woman who had not left Beijing in more than two weeks contracted the omicron variant, making her infection the first confirmed local omicron case in the country’s capital city, Chinese officials said during a Saturday briefing according to
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