Could Omicron outbreak in Tianjin mean the games are off in Beijing?
Just weeks before the Winter Olympics, China’s Covid Zero goal seems unlikely
10 January 2022 - 19:23
Omicron arrived in a port city that borders Beijing and spread inland before Chinese officials detected it, seeding the highly contagious variant on the doorstep of the nation’s capital less than a month before the winter Olympics begin. ..
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