Beijing adds Covid-19 test before Olympics; outbreak linked to cases in 4 provinces

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BEIJING — A district in China's capital will begin a new round of Covid-19 tests among its roughly two million residents on Tuesday (Jan 25), as flare-ups persisted in the city ahead of the Winter Olympics, while four provinces found cases linked to Beijing clusters.

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The Beijing municipality reported six new domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms for Sunday, data from the National Health Commission showed. It marks the seventh consecutive days of new local confirmed cases for the city.Beijing has quickly stepped up measures to block further spreading of the virus, with the Winter Olympics due to start on Feb 4. China is already in the Chinese New Year holiday travel season.

Fengtai district in Beijing, which on Sunday launched blanket testing, would start a second district-wide testing on Tuesday, a Fengtai official said.People in Beijing who bought over-the-counter treatments for fever, cough, infections or dry and sore throat should do a Covid-19 test within three days of the purchase, and should avoid going out before the result is known, the Beijing Municipal Health Commission said in a statement on Sunday.

Cargo and passenger flights at the airport have not been affected, an executive at Shanghai Airport Group told a news briefing.

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