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But in zero covid china, that means mass testing, snap lockdown. beijing has ordered all residents who ordered cold medicine to get tested. >> reporter: covid-19 is surging. they will be celebrating annual republic day in new delhi on wednesday. only 1/3 of the usual strength of spectators will be allowed at this parade. they must be fully vaccinated. unfortunately, children under the age of 15 will have to give the event a miss since they've yet to receive a single dose of the covid-19 vaccine. now to tokyo. >> reporter: any moment japan's government is expected to formally expand quasi state...

Threshold for olympic participants, making it easier to produce a negative test. so far more than 70 covid cases have been registered among personnel related to the olympics. all of them are nonathletes. meantime, take covid outbreak in a hong kong community has spread to more than 170 confirmed or preliminary positive cases. hundreds of people are under a snap lockdown after cases were reported over the weekend. we're joined now live from hong kong and our david culver in beijing. welcome to you both. what is the latest on this housing of covid outbreak and how is it testing hong kong's zero ...

Beijing i'll be part of this massive bubble which is being called a closed loop system. there's even special transportation to go between the venues and even who arrives at these games unvaccinated will have to quarantine for 21 days, and get this, ana. for the local staff and volunteers in china at the games, they have to quarantine for 21 days before exiting this closed loop system and going back to their families. beijing right now is on extremely high alert after detecting its first omicron case. this is a country where even one covid case is one too many, and we're seeing several cities a...

His teammate martin morris joined him on the podium winning his third straight olympic bronze in this event for canada. rosemary, a big moment for china. 17-year-old su ended up taking the silver. the host nation's second medal at these beijing games. he had that place rocking. we'll see if they can continue to pursue their medal count from the last olympic games which was 90. they're off to a good start. >> so exciting, and coy wire, i know you love your job. what a great location there. and steven jiang, many thanks to you as well. appreciate it to both of you. we will have much more olymp...

Southern Tasmania will be plunged into a three-day lockdown from 6pm on Friday night, the state's Premier has announced.