Prognosis

China Outbreak Reaches Six Provinces as Omicron Takes Hold

  • Omicron has spread to three cities, disrupted production
  • Delta is still causing flareups elsewhere in the country
A staff member at a temporary Covid-19 testing facility in Tianjin on Jan. 11.Source: AFP/Getty Images
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China is the only major country in the world still aggressively trying to eliminate Covid-19, despite mutations that allow the virus to evade vaccine protection and penetrate even stringent curbs. It’s getting harder: the Covid Zero country hasn’t reported zero new local daily infections since mid-October.

Here’s a roundup of where the virus is once again breaching defenses: