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China’s Tianjin starts citywide COVID-19 testing

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Aerial photo taken on Sunday shows a testing site for nucleic acid test in Nankai District of north China's Tianjin. - XINHUA
Aerial photo taken on Sunday shows a testing site for nucleic acid test in Nankai District of north China's Tianjin. – XINHUA

CHINA: North China’s Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has started a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Sunday.

The infections were reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan District, and the gene sequencing found the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC/Omicron variant, according to the municipal headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control. The other 18 infections are mainly students and their family members related to a daycare center and a primary school where the first two cases were from, Gu Qing, director of the municipal health commission, said at a press conference late Saturday.

The virus has spread for at least three generations in the latest resurgence, and more cases may emerge, said Zhang Ying, deputy director of the city’s center for disease control and prevention.

It is not confirmed yet whether the infections are related to the imported case of Omicron variant infection in the city.

– XINHUA

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 – 01:00











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