Beijing Tests 2 Million For Coronavirus As Winter Olympics Loom Biznewspost biznewspost


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rttttttttt Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Beijing city officials on Sunday said all two million residents of a neighbourhood where a small cluster of coronavirus cases was detected will be tested, less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics. 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.Still, multiple small outbreaks around Chinau2014including in Beijingu2014have tested its strict "zero COVID" policy, which authorities have pursued even as the rest of the world has gradually reopened.Local authorities have identified Fengtai district...