Covid-19 in China: Beijing and Tianjin racing to contain Omicron spread ahead of Lunar New Year and Winter Olympics

The northern city of Tianjin and Chinese capital Beijing are battling to contain the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and bring it under control ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and start of the Winter Olympics.Meanwhile the health authorities said the southern city of Shenzhen was nearly at the end of this round of coronavirus resurgence.Expect more worrisome Covid-19 variants after Omicron: scientistsAcross China, 119 cases were reported as of midnight Saturday, of which 65 were…

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