China's Tianjin says coronavirus outbreak hits 40 cases amid Omicron battle

The country's Omicron surge comes just weeks before the Lunar New Year, a peak travel period for millions

The northern Chinese city of Tianjin said its latest coronavirus outbreak had reached a total of 40 confirmed cases by Tuesday morning, as it battles the highly contagious Omicron variant that has already been detected in at least two other provinces.
 

After 10 new confirmed infections on Monday, health officials in Tianjin, a city of 14 million people around 100 km (62 miles) from Beijing, are implementing tough new controls to stop the coronavirus from spreading further. The outbreak in the city has been linked to cases in the city of Anyang in the central Chinese province of Henan.
 

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