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Beijing shopper’s lone omicron case draws national attention

January 17, 2022
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Beijing shopper's lone omicron case draws national attention

A man gets a throat swab for the COVID-19 test at a mobile coronavirus testing facility outside a commercial office buildings in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Beijing’s first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in the nation’s capital, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong

A 26-year-old woman in China’s capital Beijing who contracted the omicron strain of COVID-19 has drawn national attention on social media for her shopping trips.

The woman, who has not been identified by name, reportedly visited high-end shops in the city before showing symptoms of having the virus.

It wasn’t known where or how she became infected and her present condition hasn’t been made public.

The woman’s case was widely discussed online and reflects the government’s painstaking efforts to track down and isolate every virus case, along with identifying and testing anyone an infected person may have been in contact with.

The first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in Beijing, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games.

More than 13,000 people and all places visited by the 26-year-old woman have been tested and her apartment complex and workplace sealed off.

Officials on Saturday said the woman lives and works in the city’s northwestern district of Haidian, home to some of the country’s top universities, and had no travel history outside of Beijing for the past two weeks.

No new cases were reported in Beijing on Monday, although the nearby city of Tianjin saw another 80 cases.

Beijing shopper's lone omicron case draws national attention

A woman wearing a face mask to protect from the coronavirus looks on as people line up to get a throat swab for the COVID-19 test at a mobile coronavirus testing facility outside a commercial office buildings in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Beijing’s first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in the nation’s capital, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong

State media on Monday reported the capital, with its 20 million residents, was considering stronger restrictions on travel. All transit links with Tianjin have already been severed. International flights have been sharply reduced and domestic travelers have been barred if they transferred to a second location before arriving in Beijing.

The Olympics open on Feb. 4, just days after the start of Lunar New Year celebrations. Athletes, officials, staff and journalists are required to enter a closed-loop bubble without outside contact and undergo daily testing.

As an additional precaution, Beijing will require travelers to take nucleic acid tests within 72 hours of entry starting Jan. 22. Some schools in Beijing have also closed early and moved classes online ahead of the winter holidays.

Officials across the country also urged residents to stay in their cities for the new year, instead of traveling back to their hometowns. Tourist sites, including sections of the Great Wall, have also closed amid China’s “zero-COVID” policy that has seen millions of people placed under lockdowns.

The economic, logistical and psychological stresses resulting from that policy have become increasingly apparent, creating tension over how long the restrictions must remain in place.

Following three weeks of isolation, the ancient capital of Xi’an appeared to be turning a corner, with stay-at-home rules lifted on neighborhoods determined to be virus-free.

Roughly 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southwest of Beijing, the city of Xi’an, which has a population of 13 million and counts as a major tourist site for its famed Terracotta Warriors, has reported over 2,000 infections since December last year.


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