China on red alert as Omicron reaches Beijing before Winter Olympics
China on red alert as Omicron reaches Beijing before Winter Olympics
A woman has her throat swabbed at a mobile testing centre in Beijing (Picture: Reuters)
Beijing has reported its first local Omicron infection just weeks before hosting the Winter Olympic Games.
The infected patient lives and works in the north-western district of Haidian and did not travel outside of Beijing over the past two weeks.
Their residential compound and workplace were sealed off by the…