Beijing: Omicron has violated the political, financial and technology centers for the first time, putting pressure on the country’s response to a more transmitting variant because it awaits the winter Olympics starting in less than three weeks.
China has detected omicron infections that are transmitted locally in the capital of Beijing, Shanghai’s financial center, and Guangdong, where the South Shenzhen technology center is located, which together accounts for one fifth of the country’s gross domestic product.
Very mutated tensions have been detected in one of every five provinces, while 14 of them have reported import cases.
While the amount is still very small, flaret causes worries because of its time, besides its location.
Chinese New Year holidays, an event marked by Mass travel when millions returned home from the city centers to attend a large family meeting, starting in two weeks in February 1.
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Beijing Winter Olympics is scheduled in February in February.
The impact, the distribution of omicrons adds to the Delta strain outbreak from Covid-19 which has boiled in the most populous country in the world for more than a month.
At least 166 domestic cases were found throughout China on Sundays, according to the National Health Commission.
The latest epicenter, in the northern city of Tianjin, reported a record high of 80 new daily cases.
The previous outbreak occurred in an economically less important area such as the Northwest City of Xi’an and Central Henan Province.
The emergence of Omicron simultaneously in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong created a greater obstacle for government officials since aggressive efforts to contain viruses, including locking steps, less feasible in politically and economic areas.
The local government increases the steps targeted as part of the zero covid approach.
Existing tests can find Omicron, provide guarantees about their ability to help contain an outbreak, officials said on the direction of the Health Commission during the weekend.
One of China’s main strategies was the bulk test of all city populations several times to eradicate the deployment that was not detected.
Policies that already exist in place have private consumption, tourism dampers and restaurant expenditure for the past two years.
The increase in omicron cases tends to further reduce the journey ahead of the Chinese New Year, with many cities asking people not to travel.
Holding consumers “The Zero Covid China strategy is still quite large with consumption consumption, and it does not look promising for the first quarter,” said Liu Peiqian, China economist at Natwest Group Plc.
“Retail sales tend to be slow for a while,” in Beijing, the authorities asked everyone who came to town to get additional Covid-19 tests within 72 hours of arrival, starting on January 22, after the first omicron infection.
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They have been required to have a negative test within two days of travel to the city and green health code which shows that they have not been in a well-known high-risk environment.
Officials previously said they could suspend the entrance flight and ticket sales from cities where the virus was circulating.
There is concern that Covid control that has an impact on private consumption will be increasingly injuring the industry.
While the factory output in the first quarter is traditionally weaker because of slower exports after Christmas and shutdown new year in the country, additional restrictions on factories, truck drivers or ports can further involve traffic chains that have been jammed.
In Tianjin, the North Port City bordering Beijing, a continuous outbreak with nearly 300 infections to date seems to receive, said a national health official.
The risk of spillover gradually decreases because most new cases have been detected among people in quarantine, according to HE Qinghua, an NHC official.
Omicron penetrates Chinese political, finance and technology hubs
