Queues for getting a Covid-19 test left people waiting in line for hours in frigid temperatures. - Reuters
BEIJING, Jan 16 (Reuters): Beijing will require travellers to get a Covid-19 test within 72 hours of arrival in the Chinese capital, state media announced on Sunday, a day after the city reported its first Omicron case and as it readies to stage the Winter Olympics next month.
On Saturday, the city reported the first local infection of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, involving a person who had visited multiple malls and restaurants in the previous 14 days. The person had not left the city since the start of this year.
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