Origin of Tianjin COVID outbreak 'identified'


Source: chinadaily.com.cn chinadaily.com.cn

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Tianjin, the port city neighboring Beijing, reported 28 cases of COVID-19 infection from Sunday to 6 pm on Monday, officials said on Monday night. Preliminary evidence showed it might be related to imported cold chain food. The infections were discovered through a citywide nucleic acid testing program conducted on Sunday, with six confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 asymptomatic carriers registered in the city's Beichen and Dongli districts, Gu Qing, director of the Tianjin Municipal Health Commission, told a news conference. Gene sequencing indicates they were infected with a version of the Omicron variant different from recent local cases in the...