China shuts down city of 14 million as Omicron begins to spread

JOHN SEXTON  at HotAir: Jan 10, 2022 9:20 PM ET Share Tweet

Tianjin is a port city of 14-million people located just 70 miles southeast of Beijing. So when COVID cases were detected in Tianjin there was an immediate decision to test everyone in the city to make sure the virus couldn’tspread to the capital.

Officials in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, near Beijing, said on Sunday thatits entire population of 14 millionwould be tested for the coronavirus after it was found in 20 residents, at least two of whom were infected with the fast-moving Omicron variant.

Mass testing over the weekend revealed another 20 people with the coronavirus, according to a report late Sunday by the city’s official news service…

Li Hongzhong, the Communist Party secretary for Tianjin, vowed that the…