Tianjin reports fewer Covid-19 cases; curbs affect some Boeing employees

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BEIJING — The Chinese city of Tianjin reported fewer Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Jan 18) after measures such as conducting mass testing and locking down some areas to curb the highly transmissible Omicron variant, steps that have also affected the local operations of foreign firms such as Boeing.

Tianjin, a key port in northern China, reported 18 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Monday, National Health Commission data showed on Tuesday. That marks the lowest daily number in a week.

"We are currently maintaining a normal level of operation," Boeing China said in a response to Reuters queries.The component factory of Volkswagen in the city has resumed some of the shifts since Thursday last week, according to a statement from Volkswagen Group China on Tuesday. The nation's capital Beijing, about to stage the Winter Olympics Games starting Feb 4, reported one local case with confirmed symptoms for Monday. The infected individual was a close contact of a local Omicron case reported for Jan 15.

 

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