Beijing reports omicron case ahead of Olympics

Beijing, host next month of the Winter Olympics, reported its first locally transmitted case of the omicron variant on Saturday. China has been working to quell several coronavirus outbreaks throughout the country, some of them omicron, ahead of the start of the games on February 4. The case was discovered in Beijing’s Haidian district, where many tech company headquarters are located. Among the measures taken to combat the spread of the virus in all its variants are lockdowns, cancellation of domestic flights and shutting local factories.