PhotosChina's Covid Surge: After Shanghai, Millions To Be Tested In Beijing
China's Covid Surge: After Shanghai, Millions To Be Tested In Beijing
Following weeks of lockdown and millions of tests in Shanghai, the Chinese government has now turned to capital Beijing where it's set to test nearly 21 million people to contain an outbreak that has already led to lockdowns in parts of the city.
Updated: 27 Apr 2022 5:14 pm
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Residents line up for COVID testing outside a hotel in the Haidian district in Beijing. China's capital Beijing is enforcing mass testing and closing down access to neighborhoods as it seeks to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak.
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Delivery drivers wearing face masks gather before the start of their work day in Beijing.
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A man has his throat swabbed for a coronavirus test at a private testing site in the Dongcheng district of Beijing.
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People wearing face masks line up outside a supermarket in Beijing.
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Residents line up for COVID mass testing near tents set up at a plaza in the Haidian district in Beijing. .
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Residents line up for COVID mass testing near tents set up at a plaza in the Haidian district in Beijing.
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A worker gets swabbed for a COVID test outside a hotel in the Haidian district in Beijing.
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Residents line up for COVID mass testing near tents set up at a plaza in the Haidian district in Beijing.
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test in Huangpu District in Shanghai, China.
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Residents line up for COVID mass testing in the Haidian district in Beijing.