The Chinese government is repurposing strict measures from early in the pandemic to shut down an Omicron cluster near Beijing.
China is one of the few remaining countries in the world still pursuing a zero-COVID policy, despite having fully vaccinated around 85 percent of its population.
Municipal officials have called for a"moat" to be built around the city in order to safeguard Beijing. Public transport has been suspended and schools and universities shut as citywide testing begins this week. Additional exit controls are also in place, with residents required to supply negative PRC tests as well as approval from businesses and community authorities in order to leave the city limits.
A health worker swabs a resident to test for COVID-19 in Tianjin, China, on January 9, 2022. Health authorities in the northeastern port city imposed a partial lockdown of its 14 million residents over an Omicron outbreak a day later.On Tuesday, the NHC said 110 locally transmitted symptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported across China on January 10.
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