BEIJING (CNA) – The Chinese city of Tianjin started a new round of testing of its 14 million residents yesterday to block the Omicron variant, as financial analysts warned of the growing economic costs on China of curbs to extinguish clusters of infections.
China, which has stuck to what is effectively a “zero-COVID” policy, is scrambling to prevent the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday next month and as Beijing prepares to stage the Winter Olympics from February 4.
More details on Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin
