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Omicron Detected in Major City Near Beijing

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Tianjin, a city of 14 million people in northeast China, isn’t under a full lockdown yet—but it may only be a matter of time. The port city, around 70 miles from Beijing,…
(Newser) – Tianjin, a city of 14 million people in northeast China, isn’t under a full lockdown yet—but it may only be a matter of time. The port city, around 70 miles from Beijing, began testing all its residents Sunday after at least two cases of the omicron variant were confirmed, the Guardian reports. Authorities say the first people to test positive were a 10-year-old girl and a worker at an after-school center.

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