China Begins Mass Testing Beijing’s Biggest District After Raising Alarm About Undetected Covid Spread

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Officials in Beijing will require the people who reside or work in Chaoyang—the city’s main business district—to undergo three Covid-19 tests this week starting on Monday, a move that comes after local officials raised alarms that the virus had spread undetected in the Chinese capital for a week.

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People line up to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus at a makeshift testing site outside office , [+] buildings in Beijing.

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According to China’s National Health Commission, 19 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Beijing on Monday, five of which are asymptomatic.