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China's cases constitute a tiny fraction of the massive surge in countries around the globe, with the highly contagious Omicron variant driving a fresh spike in infections. Local authorities have identified Fengtai district in southern Beijing as the epicentre of a cluster, with the number of cases in the capital totalling 43. All two million of the area's residents will be tested for the virus, officials said, and people from high-risk areas are banned from leaving the city. "We must make every effort to stop the spread as quickly as possible by taking firm, strict and decisive measures," Xu Hejian,...
