Beijing reports highest Covid cases since June 2020 as Olympics loom

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 30, 2022 7:25 pm

BEIJING: Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days.

China will hold the Games in a strict 'closed-loop' bubble as part of its zero-Covid strategy of targeted lockdowns, border restrictions and lengthy quarantines.

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