Beijing reports one confirmed case of Omicron variant
20:39 UTC+8, 2022-01-15
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One person in Beijing tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, local authorities said.
20:39 UTC+8, 2022-01-15
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The residential community of the newly diagnosed COVID-19 patient in Haidian District, Beijing, China, January 15, 2021.
Beijing reports one confirmed case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, local authorities said at a news conference on Saturday.
The case shows symptoms since Thursday and has not left Beijing in the past two weeks, an official said at the conference.
A total of 15 close contacts has been put into quarantine.
The confirmed case was detected positive earlier on Saturday. The surrounding environment has been disinfected and epidemiological investigation is underway.
Source: CGTN
Editor: Han Jing
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