The Chinese city of Qingdao is screening its entire population of nine million for Covid-19 over a five-day period. The massive review comes after a dozen cases related to a hospital treating coronavirus patients from abroad were discovered. China has scoured the entire city of Wuhan, home to another 11 million people and the epicenter of the global pandemic, the country has largely controlled the virus, in stark contrast to other parts of the world where the number of cases and lockdowns are still high. In a post on the Chinese social media site Weibo, the Qingdao Municipal Health Commission said that six new cases and six asymptomatic cases were discovered. All instances were connected to the same hospital, according to the Global Times. we now have a mass control strategy even when a new coronavirus group appears to be relatively minor, correspondents said. A verification program had been started, with five districts to be checked in 3 days and the entire city within five days. Another 114,862 people, including medical staff and newly hospitalized patients in city hospitals, have already tested negative for the coronavirus. Videos circulating online show local citizens lining up last Sunday for tests, the Global Times said. , adding that some of those verification issues were open from 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. The Golden Week holidays, which saw millions of travelers travel across the country, according to a Global Times report citing the Municipal Office of Culture. and Qingdao Tourism, the city gained 4. 47 million passengers during this period.
Source: BBC
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