BEIJING: Beijing has reported its first local omicron infection, according to state media, weeks before the Winter Olympic Games are due to start.
The infected person lives and works in the city’s northwestern district of Haidian and had no travel history outside of Beijing for the past two weeks.
The individual experienced symptoms on Thursday and was tested on Friday for Covid-19, officials said in a news conference Saturday.
The news of the infection comes less than three weeks before the Winter Olympic Games’ opening ceremony on Februrary 4, and around two weeks before the start of Lunar New Year celebrations in China.
This story is from the January 17, 2022 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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