ITV News published this video item, entitled “Beijing launches mass testing as Covid-19 cases mount | ITV News” – below is their description.
ijing will conduct mass testing of most of its 21 million people, authorities announced on Monday, as a new COVID-19 outbreak sparked stockpiling of food by residents worried about the possibility of a Shanghai-style lockdown.
The Chinese capital began mass testing people in one of its 16 districts where most of the new cases have been found. The city also imposed lockdowns on individual residential buildings and one section of the city. Late in the day, health officials said the testing would be expanded on Tuesday to all but five outlying districts.
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