China equipped to stop Omicron if it arrives, Beijing official says

The Chinese authorities are ready to rapidly identify the new coronavirus variant Omicron if it reaches Beijing, a health official said on Monday.“We have established the testing capacity for mutant strains to prevent and control Omicron,” said Yang Peng, an official at the Beijing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.The Omicron variant has yet to be detected in mainland China, but its emergence in several countries and territories could pose a new threat to the government’s much-debated…

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