Chinese officials say at least 78 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in people traveling into the country for the winter games.
Less than two weeks before the Winter Olympics begin, Chinese officials ordered another round of mass coronavirus testing for millions of Beijing residents after a cluster of cases were reported in the host city. Chinese residents say they’re frustrated over the third round of mass testing, which was ordered to begin Wednesday for more than 2 million residents in the Fengtai district, the Associated Press reported. People complained on social media, saying the repeated tests are disrupting their lives, are a waste of resources and put a burden on health care workers. A woman named Ma told the AP the tests are happening too often. «I just did it yesterday and was asked to do it again today,» she said. The mass testing is done with people in groups of 10. A health care worker takes a sample from everyone in the group and places the swabs into the same container, the AP said, describing the process.
