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		</div><p>Tianjin, a major Chinese port city near the capital Beijing, has begun mass testing of its 14 million residents after a cluster of 20 children and adults tested positive for Covid-19, including at least two with the Omicron variant.</p>
<p>Those infected are 15 students aged between eight and 13, a member of staff member at an after-school centre, and four parents. The citywide testing is to be completed over two days.</p>
<p>China has stepped up its zero-tolerance Covid strategy in the run-up to the Winter Olympics, which open in Beijing on February 4.</p>
<p>The Chinese capital is 70 miles (115km) north-west of Tianjin and connected by a high-speed rail link that takes less than an hour.</p>
<p>Millions of people are being confined to their homes in Xi’an and Yuzhou, two other cities that are further away but have larger outbreaks.</p>
<p>The city of Zhengzhou, a provincial capital 40 miles (70km) north of Yuzhou, is also carrying out mass testing and closing schools from Monday.</p>
<p>The first two cases confirmed in Tianjin were a 10-year-old girl and a 29-year-old woman working at the after-school centre. Both were infected with the Omicron variant.</p>
<p>In subsequent testing of close contacts, 18 other people had tested positive and 767 negative as of Saturday night.</p>
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