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China remains on high alert to clamp down on new outbreaks in bid to prevent further lockdowns Removed from bookmarks I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice The city of Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province has orderedcity-wide coronavirus testing for its entire population of over nine million people after it reported just 12 new cases of the virus.
Authorities said on Monday it will conduct the tests over a five-day period for the city’s whole population after the new infections, half of which are asymptomatic, were reported late on Sunday. Most of the cases were linked to the Qingdao Chest Hospital, which is treating imported infections.
Qingdao’s health authority said in a statement on Chinese social media site Weibo that in the next three days, six million people will be tested in the districts of Shinan, Shibei, Licang, Laoshan and Chengyang.
The rest will be covered over a period of two more [...]
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