(Bloomberg) -- Omicron cases are spreading in China in the countdown to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, with a leading ski jumper pulling out after she tested positive. Sweden will lift coronavirus restrictions starting next week, citing a high vaccination rate and a manageable situation in its hospitals, while France’s health minister said the country is past the worst of the latest wave. A sub-variant of omicron, known as BA.2, is spreading rapidly in South Africa and may cause another surge of infections, one of the country’s top scientists said. BA.2 appears to be more transmissible, t...