China has reported 65 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases for Jan. 15, including the first Omicron case in Beijing, just weeks from the Feb. 4 start of the city's Winter Olympic Games and the country's Lunar New Year holiday, according to Reuters.

On Saturday, the capital Beijing reported the first local infection of the Omicron variant, involving a person who had visited multiple malls and restaurants in the previous 14 days. The person had not left the city since the start of this year.

China has not said how many Omicron cases it has detected in total.

A man gets a nasal swab for the Covid-19 test to meet travelling requirements at a mobile coronavirus testing facility outside a commercial office building in Beijing on Sunday. — Reuters
A man gets a nasal swab for the Covid-19 test to meet travelling requirements at a mobile coronavirus testing facility outside a commercial office building in Beijing on Sunday. — Reuters

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