Beijing Omicron case prompts temple closures, queues for Covid-19 tests

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China urges local govts to minimise impact from Covid-19 curbs over Chinese New Year

BEIJING - China on Sunday reported 65 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases for Jan 15, including the first Omicron case in Beijing, just weeks from the Feb 4 start of the city’s Winter Olympic Games and the country’s Lunar New Year holiday.

About 13,000 people have been tested for Covid-19 in the Haidian district where the case was discovered, but none of the results came back positive, Beijing Daily, a government newspaper, cited official data as saying on Sunday. "It is too soon to conclude that Omicron will swamp China’s efforts to suppress Covid," said Mr Mark Williams, chief Asia economist at Capital Economics, in a note issued on Friday."But it is clear that the emergence of more transmissible variants is requiring more frequent interventions... And the economic toll from this vigilance is mounting."

It said low-risk places in China should meet the reasonable demand for short trips from urban and rural residents, and step up the supply of everyday products over the holiday period.

 

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