Mass testing in Beijing in runup to Winter Games

The Chinese capital Beijing reported 14 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as it began a third round of mass testing of millions of people in the run-up to the Winter Olympics.

The mass testing announcement made late Tuesday by Beijing's Fengtai district that anyone who buys certain types of medicine, including for fever or headaches, will be subject to a COVID-19 test within 72 hours. All two million residents in Fengtai district are being tested for the third time since last weekend.  Beijing has stepped up China's already strict pandemic response measures as it tries to quash any outbreaks ahead of the Olympics, which open in nine days.