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>> cnn international correspondent selina wang is following these developments. authorities in beijing are going to drastic measures trying to prevent the spread of covid ahead of the winter olympics. is it working? >> reporter: the reported case count numbers are significantly lower than other parts of the world, but its strategy comes at a steep cost and fears are growing it may not be sustainable. in response to just one or a handful of cases, that triggers mass testing, lockdowns. right now across china, some 20 million people are sealed off in their homes. even with these extreme precauti...

Comfortable for what could be days of testing. omicron not only in beijing, cases also surfacing in several other chinese cities, including shanghai. social media showing snap locke downs trapping shoppers at the one store. outside this mall, this woman was emotional at the child staring back at her from behind the glass. it is unclear when the woman and child were renew united, officials kept the mall closed for two days before they performed a deep clean before reopening. sounds extreme but most online voicing their support for the strict containment efforts. less than three weeks until the ...

Right around the world, it is clear managing the pandemic remains a difficult task. two years on, and the balance is still difficult to strike. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. in china, 13 million people in the city of xi'an have now been put in to a full lockdown. officials in the city reported 52 cases of covid—i9 on tuesday. that's a small number compared to many other countries, but china has a strict zero—covid strategy, using mass testing and lockdown to try to stop outbreaks. the country is on high alert for covid as it gears up to host the winter olympics in beijing in february. yanzhon...

Still reliant on a zero coping strategy. neither give a huge degree of support against omicron or delta, which we're still worried about. so, for the time being, we're going to see a continuation of the pattern we're seeing in china at the moment and a couple other places with a high degree of lockdown, mass testing and mass quarantining of both symptomatic in close contact people. symptomatic in close contact --eole. ., ., , people. doctor thomas, 'ust lookin: people. doctor thomas, 'ust looking further i people. doctor thomas, 'ust looking further afield, h people. doctor thomas, 'ust lookin...

Testing is that if you know that you are positive then you can take steps to isolate from other and to not spread it and so it is very important to know your covid status charles: mass testing and early contact tracing may be best defending for the foreseeable future. u.s. population may not move the needle more in terms of the current 63% of americans who are fully vaccinated and the 38% who were boosted. former biden administration adviser dr. saline tweeting, quote, it is now highly unlikely that the u.s. will hit the 85 to 90% of americans vaccinate today get the others -- to get to the ot...