Bloomberg News A health worker takes a swab sample for Covid-19 at a voluntary nucleic acid test clinic in Beijing, on Aug. 2. Photographer: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images China’s broadest Covid-19 outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic in late 2019 is hampering tourism and spending during the peak summer holiday, adding another risk to the economy just as consumption was picking up. Authorities rushed to close tourist sites, call off cultural events and cancel flights , as the outbreak linked to the highly-infectious delta variant spread to nearly half of China’s 32 provinces within just two weeks. At least 46 cities have advised residents to refrain from traveling unless it’s absolutely necessary, according to Chinese media reports . “There will be some downside risks to third-quarter gross domestic product growth, and the actual impact will depend on the length of the outbreak as well as the degree of social […]