SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Beijing resident Wang Yukun was happy to comply in April when the construction firm he works for told him he'd need to take a ...
While COVID-19 tests can be difficult to obtain in many countries, China is rapidly expanding their availability and affordability, enabling the masses - not just frontline workers, people from hard-hit areas or the sick - to get tested.
The easy access has helped firms, schools and entertainment providers to reopen after widespread testing. Hosts of popular Chinese singing competition, Singer 2020, invited 251 audience members to record a live show last month after testing them.Wuhan, the epicentre of China's COVID-19 outbreak, plans to conduct nucleic acid testing across the city of 11 million after a cluster of new infections emerged, sources said.
Hubei, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Heilongjiang, which have a combined population of over 267 million, are together able to conduct at least 321,000 tests a day, according to statements they made in April and May.Beijing has 67 labs capable of processing 48,000 tests a day. But other less well-off provinces including Yunnan and Guangxi are playing catch-up, opening new labs in recent weeks.
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