The northern coastal city of Tianjin began testing its population of around 14 million on Sunday after at least two local cases of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant were detected, state media reported.
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Residents will only get the green health code necessary to travel once they receive a negative result, it said. The Tianjin outbreak poses risks to Beijing and the upcoming Winter Olympics, because of the large number of commuters working and living in the two cities, the state-owned Global Times said, citing an unnamed immunologist.It comes after local transmission of the imported Omicron variant was found in the southern city of Guangzhou, according to a national health official in December, though the number of cases was not disclosed.
Of the new infections, 92 were locally transmitted,according to a statement by the National Health Commission, from95 a day earlier.China reported 46 new asymptomatic cases, which itclassifies separately from confirmed cases, compared with 52 aday earlier.
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