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As most hospitals in Beijing have begun to receive epidemic infections in recent days, Beijing Ditan Hospital, the designated medical provider for COVID-19 patients since the outbreak, will only accept patients in severe and critical conditions after experts' evaluation, according to the hospital.
The focus of COVID-19 control measures has shifted to intervention in potentially severe cases as the milder Omicron variant spreads more widely, experts said.
Chilean expat Fran Hanshing wasn't prepared at all when she was told she needed to be taken to a central quarantine place.
Both the number of new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections and cases detected at the community level in Beijing have increased significantly in recent days, with further expansion of affected areas.
It also reported the first Covid-19 death since May - an elderly man with underlying medical conditions. Read more at straitstimes.com.