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An inflatable Covid-19 testing laboratory that is able to process about 120,000 samples a day started operation in China’s northern port city of Tianjin on January 11, 2022. Located in the city’s Binhai New Area, the temporary lab consists of six cabins that cover an area of about 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft). Together with other facilities including a central lab in Tianjin, the city is now able to test as many as 4 million people using an approach where 10-20 samples are checked at once, according to a technician working at the inflatable lab. Tianjin was the first Chinese city to report an infection involving the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Tianjin health authorities say contact tracing points to initial spread from day care facilities to schools.
Tianjin health authorities say contact tracing points to initial spread from day care facilities to schools.
Coronavirus tests were ordered for 14 million people in China’s northern port city of Tianjin on January 9, 2022, after 20 local infections were detected. Two of the Covid-19 cases were identified as being caused by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus. Tianjin is about 112km (70 miles) from Beijing, which is set to host the Winter Olympics in February. City officials said they have secured a stable supply of food and daily necessities, following a national directive to safeguard essential goods supplies ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and Winter Games. Complaints of food shortages were reported in the northwestern city of Xian, which has been battling its own outbreak since early December 2021.
Coronavirus tests were ordered for 14 million people in China’s northern port city of Tianjin on January 9, 2022, after 20 local infections were detected. Two of the Covid-19 cases were identified as being caused by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus. Tianjin is about 112km (70 miles) from Beijing, which is set to host the Winter Olympics in February. City officials said they have secured a stable supply of food and daily necessities, following a national directive to safeguard essential goods supplies ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and Winter Games. Complaints of food shortages were reported in the northwestern city of Xian, which has been battling its own outbreak since early December 2021.