Beijing sees declining number of local COVID-19 cases

A staff member registers information of a resident at a COVID-19 testing site in Xicheng District in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 26, 2022. (Photo: Xinhua) BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — The Beijing municipal government on Friday said that the current COVID-19 outbreak is broadly under control as new infections are declining and are being identified among those already in quarantine. From 4 p.m. Thursday to 4 p.m. Friday, the city reported four new locally transmitted cases related to the Delta variant. No new Omicron infections have been reported for five consecutive days, said Xu Hejian, a spokesperson for the…