Beijing: Chinese Capital Beijing five new covid-19 cases of delta edition on Wednesday, days after the first Omicron case was detected in the city set to host the Winter Olympics from next month.
Four of the infected are employees of a cold storage company in Fangshan district. The fifth person, who lives with one of those employees, also works in the cold storage industry, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DCP), told a news conference here.
The delta variant was detected from the samples. He said that all the cases have been shifted to designated hospitals for treatment.
The city, set to host the Winter Olympics from February 4, reported its first case of the Omicron variant on January 16, prompting health officials to ramp up testing and tracing.
Concerns were raised as millions traveled across the country to celebrate the week-long Spring Festival and Chinese New Year beginning later this month.
Chinese officials blame the only Omicron case in Beijing on international mail delivered from Canada to Beijing via the US and Hong Kong.
According to health officials, the single Omicron case detected in Beijing was traced to an international document from Canada, and was found to be similar to those in North America and Singapore.
A few days ago, the Omicron variant was found in the nearby city of Tianjin.
Since Beijing reported one locally transmitted case on Saturday, the current Covid-19 outbreak in the capital city includes Haidian, Chaoyang, Fangshan and Fengtai districts as of Wednesday, state-run China Daily reported. .
The DCP has issued tracks of new cases and asked residents who have visited those places during this period to report them to local communities as soon as possible.
Liu said residents should not leave Beijing before receiving nucleic acid test results.
Four of the infected are employees of a cold storage company in Fangshan district. The fifth person, who lives with one of those employees, also works in the cold storage industry, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DCP), told a news conference here.
The delta variant was detected from the samples. He said that all the cases have been shifted to designated hospitals for treatment.
The city, set to host the Winter Olympics from February 4, reported its first case of the Omicron variant on January 16, prompting health officials to ramp up testing and tracing.
Concerns were raised as millions traveled across the country to celebrate the week-long Spring Festival and Chinese New Year beginning later this month.
Chinese officials blame the only Omicron case in Beijing on international mail delivered from Canada to Beijing via the US and Hong Kong.
According to health officials, the single Omicron case detected in Beijing was traced to an international document from Canada, and was found to be similar to those in North America and Singapore.
A few days ago, the Omicron variant was found in the nearby city of Tianjin.
Since Beijing reported one locally transmitted case on Saturday, the current Covid-19 outbreak in the capital city includes Haidian, Chaoyang, Fangshan and Fengtai districts as of Wednesday, state-run China Daily reported. .
The DCP has issued tracks of new cases and asked residents who have visited those places during this period to report them to local communities as soon as possible.
Liu said residents should not leave Beijing before receiving nucleic acid test results.
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