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Beijing starts mass Covid testing as Shanghai reports highest deaths

Rediff.com | 25/04/2022 12:48 PM | Click to read full article

Beijing's local government has ordered Chaoyang district, home to some 3.5 million residents, to have three rounds of mass nucleic acid testing starting from Monday after the district registered the most COVID-19 cases in the capital's latest epidemic surge, official media reported.

The test applies to those who are living and working in the district, which will be conducted respectively on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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