Shanghai enforces new Covid testing as some parts of China extend lockdown
Several large cities are on their toes due to new outbreaks of Covid-19 infections, rolling out repeated mass testing or extending lockdowns on millions of residents, with some measures triggering a public outcry.
Unnerved Shanghai residents brave stifling heat for mass Covid tests
The nagging daily case tolls in the commercial hub of 25 million and other outbreaks scattered across China have also unnerved global financial markets in recent days, with investors wary of disruptive Covid restrictions.
Several eastern Chinese areas in mass Covid testing to curb new waves of infections
Anhui's Si town, where its 760,000 residents were told to stay home except for going out to do Covid tests, mandated citywide testing, its seventh round of mass testing.
China’s mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain
Near-daily testing is the most commonly used weapon in an anti-virus arsenal that includes snap lockdowns and forced quarantines when just a few cases are detected.
Beijing presses on with mass Covid testing as locked-down Shanghai seethes
Authorities in the capital have so far focused on early mass testing, whereas Shanghai waited for a about a month before launching a city-wide screening campaign.
China’s Beijing expands Covid-19 mass testing to most of city
Beijing's decision to now test roughly 20 million people came just days after tens of infections were found.
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying
Queues snaked around malls and outside office complexes as people waited to be swabbed for samples by health workers in protective gear.
Hong Kong aims to get 10,000 hotel rooms in Covid fight amid reports of mass testing
Hong Kong has adopted the same 'dynamic zero' coronavirus strategy, employed by mainland China to suppress all outbreaks.
