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China reports nation's first case from community spread of Omicron variant

China saw its first omicron cases in the community, igniting a mass testing blitz in the northern city of Tianjin

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people line up for Covid tests in Xi'an in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province (Photo: AP/PTI)

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China saw its first omicron cases in the community, igniting a mass testing blitz in the northern city of Tianjin as the country strives to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to Covid in the face of more transmissible variants.

The two cases in the port city were confirmed as being omicron by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, after its local branch completed the genome sequencing, CCTV reported. The infections were from the same transmission chain but officials have yet to establish if the strain is the same as imported omicron cases reported earlier in Tianjin, according to the report. 

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