Chinese health authorities confirmed the country’s first cases of domestic transmission of the Omicron variant in the northern coastal city of Tianjin
HONG KONG—Chinese health authorities confirmed the country’s first cases of domestic transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the northern coastal city of Tianjin on Sunday, ordering up testing of millions of residents weeks before neighboring Beijing is set to host the Winter Olympics.
Two Covid-19 infections were confirmed as Omicron cases by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and its Tianjin branch after genome sequencing, according to state broadcaster China Central Television. Officials said it wasn’t confirmed if the cases were linked to imported cases found in Tianjin late last year, CCTV reported.
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