Beijing, Shanghai Resume Mass Testing as Covid Cases Rise
- China capital restarts screening in areas of Chaoyang district
- Shanghai briefly locks down most of city for mass testing
People wait for students to emerge after finishing the final day of the National College Entrance Examination in Beijing on June 10.
Photographer: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Beijing and Shanghai resumed mass testing for Covid-19 while a planned reopening of schools in the capital was delayed as virus outbreaks emerge just days after the two cities eased social curbs that had been in place for months.
Beijing restarted screening for the virus in several neighborhoods of the Chaoyang district, where many company headquarters and embassies are based, after a flareup in a bar ended a five-day streak of zero community spread. Shanghai briefly locked down most of the city Saturday to undertake mass testing as authorities continue to report Covid cases outside of quarantine areas.