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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson in Taipei

Don’t buy from abroad, Chinese told as Covid threatens Olympics and holidays

A health worker collects a swab sample from a woman  in Beijing.
A health worker collects a swab sample from a woman in Beijing. Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese authorities are urging citizens not to order goods from overseas, in the latest extreme measure aimed at curbing Covid outbreaks only weeks away from the biggest holiday of the year and the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The advisory on overseas packages was issued after authorities claimed that a recent Omicron infection detected in Beijing came from an international package sent from Canada.

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