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China Struggles to Stamp Out COVID Outbreaks Ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics

HeadlineFeb 01, 2022

Chinese authorities say they’ve identified over 200 coronavirus infections among athletes and personnel involved in the Beijing Winter Olympics as China struggles to maintain its “zero-COVID” strategy ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony. Over the weekend, authorities sealed off several residential areas of Beijing where two locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were detected.

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