Health officials in the Chinese capital say a local woman may have been infected after opening a parcel.
The case is, so far, the only one here to have been recorded with the highly contagious variant of Covid-19, the BBC's Stephen McDonell reports from the Chinese capital.
Dozens of letters from the same batch were tested, and five showed positive traces of Covid-19, Ms Pang said, including samples from inside unopened letters. If deliveries from abroad are opened, it has been suggested that this should be done outside, with the opener wearing gloves and disposing of the packaging.Have a look at how Beijing is preparing for the Games - with a sealed off area to keep Covid out
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