26M Shanghai Residents Will Need COVID-19 Tests Amid Latest Outbreak

26M Shanghai Residents Will Need COVID-19 Tests Amid Latest Outbreak

Approx 26 million residents in Shanghai will have to go through two more rounds of COVID-19 tests in order to curb the city’s biggest outbreak ever.

Residents were ordered to use antigen kits and report any positive results on Sunday.

Then a nucleic acid test would be conducted citywide on Monday.

Shanghai is currently under a strict lockdown after the city began its plans to curb the spread of the coronavirus last week.

The city continues to report record-breaking coronavirus cases.

On Sunday, about 7,788 daily locally transmitted asymptomatic cases were reported, which is up from 6,501 the previous day.

The city is currently responsible for much of China’s daily cases.

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