Officials in #Beijing saying that #Omicron has potentially been spreading in the community here over recent weeks, with dozens of official new infections in various places with lots of contacts. #Chaoyang district requiring #Covid tests before people can go to work Monday.
Panic buying has already hit #Beijing, as people fear a #Shanghai-style lockdown in this city. #China #Covid.
#Beijing’s huge #Chaoyang district has announced we have to do three #Covid tests this week. This involves millions of people. Residents have already complained that crowded mass testing sites could spread the virus. #China
Outside office buildings throughout #Beijing’s #Chaoyang district mass #Covid testing is being carried out right now. #China 
Long queues for #Covid testing in #Beijing’s #Chaoyang District today. Millions of people will be tested in this area 3 times this week.
Poor people in #Shanghai. After everything else, a big flash storm has hit the city. Some of the temporary quarantine structures are likely to have been battered with rain pouring in. #China
#Beijing’s #Haidian district also to begin mass testing from tomorrow. You can imagine this spreading to all parts of the capital over the coming days.
#Beijing officials said tonight that by 8pm 3.69 million people had been tested, that 526,457 results were already in and that they were all negative. They also said all people in the city known to have contacted #Covid-19 had been placed in a “controlled environment”.
Quite a lot of footage floating around social media in #China showing disgruntled #Shanghai residents kicking down temporary fences which have been thrown up around their homes as part of the city’s #Covid prevention measures.
https://twitter.com/manyapan/status/1518513633143230464
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