A doctor in a protective suit takes a swab from a woman for nucleic acid testing after new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on October 13, 2020.
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In qingdao city in northern China, a new coronavirus outbreak was reported after 12 cases of local transmission were discovered at a hospital in the city. On Monday, local officials announced a plan to control the nine million people.
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The speaker at a control site says, “Be patient, wear your mask and keep your distance. “Many other people line up waiting their turn.
Michael Brown, an American teacher, waited an hour and a part on Monday for his COVID-19 test.
“There is the log area, the queue and then Array . . . three verification tents. I think in one of those tents, they do the analysis.
Brown says the procedure is simple.
“You wait online and then you make the signal. Then you wait online. When it’s your turn, you walk into the store and say “ah, open your mouth, take a larynx pattern and that’s it. It takes about a minute later to enter the store. All you have to do is say “ah” and notice not to gag, it’s pretty simple. “
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Testing began on Sunday night and on Tuesday morning, more than 3 million people followed the process. What’s happening in Qingdao is not new. The entire population of Wuhan, 11 million, tested in May, and cities such as Beijing and Urumqi also conducted large-scale mandatory testing during the summer in reaction to outbreaks.
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“This type of large-scale nucleic acid control will be a difficult way to avoid long-term epidemics. We’ll have to keep wearing a mask and take preventive measures. “
It turns out that mass testing has China’s selection tool in the fight against the pandemic. Qiao Guibin, a Guangdong chest surgeon with his own TikTok channel, posted a video on the strategy.
“This type of large-scale nucleic acid verification will be a difficult way to monitor long-term epidemics. We’ll have to keep wearing a mask and take preventive measures. “
Bianca Wang, a Qingdao resident who works there as a journalist, says things remain the same as usual in most of the region, some apartment complexes have been quarantined.
“The city has remained open for business, with schools and public transport operating as usual. “
“The city has remained practically open for business, with schools and public transportation operating as usual,” he said. But in the city’s apartment complexes, other masked people line up outside the tents. In Wang, home for more than 10,000 more people. Friends, there are five verification sites and the queues are short, maybe another 20 people. Wang said that after the official verified everyone, he continued to receive reminders.
“Our companies, our schools, our apartment managers, our neighborhood committees; all sent reminders via SMS and WeChat. Everyone knows it and they come to get tested. “
“Our companies, our schools, our apartment managers, our neighborhood committees; all sent reminders via SMS and WeChat. Everyone knows it and they come to get tested. “
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The night is the busiest, as most people pass after work. Testing continues until 11 p. m. People can verify its effects after 24 hours through a green-coded fitness app on their phone that everyone in China will have to use now to access public buildings and travel.
“The government is stricter with its communities here, and we too are much more community-oriented here in China. “
This large-scale control is imaginable in China in component thanks to Big Data tracking that is already configured to track other people’s movements in China.
“The government is stricter with its communities here, and we too are much more community-oriented here in China,” Brown said.
For many in China, this checkpoint is not considered a bad thing, especially pandemic intervention. For Wang, mandatory testing gives peace of mind.
“I think it’s our duty, but we also assume the duty of our own physical state and that of others,” Wang said.
Positive cases have not yet been reported, however, testing will continue throughout the week.
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