Beijing orders travellers to take COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival in city - state media

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese travellers into Beijing from Jan. 22 to end-March are required to take a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of their arrival in the city, Beijing Daily, a government newspaper reported on Sunday.

China has reported local cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant in at least five provinces and municipalities, including a first infection in Beijing itself on Saturday, just weeks ahead of the Olympic Winter Games in February.

(Reporting by Stella Qiu and Tony Munroe; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)