A mass COVID-19 testing order in Beijing’s largest district has prompted residents to stock up on food, fearing that they might soon be confined to their homes like millions in Shanghai, which is approaching its fifth week of lockdown.
Chaoyang will expand the scale of COVID-19 testing to all people working and living in the district, officials said at the April 24 briefing. About 3.5 million inhabitants of the eastern Chaoyang district will be tested three times this week starting from April 25.
Beijing has warned of increasing cases in the coming days, with a municipality official saying at Monday’s briefing that the virus had spread for a week before being detected.
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