Less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese authorities have ordered mass corona testing at the venue. All two million residents of the Fengtai district of the Chinese capital would be tested for the corona virus because of a focus of infection there, the authorities said on Sunday. A total of around 30 corona infections were found in Beijing last week.
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Olympic Winter Games under Corona conditions
The mass testing in Fengtai is said to start on Sunday. According to this, six new infections were recently reported in the district.
China is pursuing a rigorous zero-Covid strategy to fight the pandemic. With locally limited lockdowns and mass testing, the authorities have so far managed to bring individual corona outbreaks under control.
Before the Winter Olympics starting on February 4, the authorities have tightened the corona protection measures. Some athletes as well as international delegates and media representatives have already arrived in Beijing.
Accessed on January 23, 2022 at 8:24 am at https://www.sn.at/panorama/international/corona-massestest-in-peking-vor-olympischen-winterspiele-115919470