Beijing tests two million for Covid-19 as Winter Olympics loom


This file photo taken on January 21, 2022 shows workers setting up an installation displaying the logo of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games on a street in Beijing. - AFP

BEIJING, Jan 23, 2022 (AFP): Beijing city officials on Sunday said all two million residents of a neighbourhood where they identified a small cluster of Covid-19 infections will be tested, less than two weeks ahead of the start of the Winter Olympics.

The announcement came days after China's postal service ordered workers to disinfect international deliveries after authorities claimed mail could be the source of recent coronavirus cases.

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