A woman registers for a Covid-19 test in Tianjin on Sunday, as the northern city began mass testing its 14 million residents. Photo: Xinhua
A woman registers for a Covid-19 test in Tianjin on Sunday, as the northern city began mass testing its 14 million residents. Photo: Xinhua
Coronavirus pandemic
China /  Science

Omicron has spread from Tianjin to Henan weeks before Winter Olympics, Lunar New Year

  • Two cases of the highly infectious Covid-19 strain found in city of Anyang on Sunday, traced to a student who travelled there nearly two weeks ago
  • Tianjin has meanwhile imposed travel restrictions and mass testing, with Games and Lunar New Year holiday fast approaching

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Updated: 3:17pm, 11 Jan, 2022

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A woman registers for a Covid-19 test in Tianjin on Sunday, as the northern city began mass testing its 14 million residents. Photo: Xinhua
A woman registers for a Covid-19 test in Tianjin on Sunday, as the northern city began mass testing its 14 million residents. Photo: Xinhua
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