
China’s financial hub Shanghai to extend free COVID testing services
Read Time:23 Second
BEIJING, Sept 9 (Reuters) – China’s financial hub Shanghai will extend free regular COVID-19 testing services to Oct. 31 to further consolidate the results of their epidemic prevention efforts, the city government said on Friday.
Citizens are required to take at least one PCR test each week until the end of October, the city government said on its Wechat account.
The city reported no local symptomatic cases and two asymptomatic cases for Sept. 8, government data showed.
Advertisements
Related Post
Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start?
Scientists lean towards a natural spillover from animals, but China’s opacity means a lab leak can’t be ruled out. Three...
Hong Kong ends mask mandate after 945 days
Hong Kong has lifted its mask mandate, marking an end to one of the world's longest-running Covid restrictions. The virus...
Covid: FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak ‘most likely’
FBI Director Christopher Wray has said that the bureau believes Covid-19 "most likely" originated in a "Chinese government-controlled lab". "The...
Relics of zero-Covid dot China as life moves on
China has ditched zero-Covid but remnants of the policy are still everywhere - from sprawling temporary hospitals and empty testing...
Low immunity, overwhelmed hospitals fuel Covid-19 deaths in ageing Japan
Low immunity against Covid-19 and a growing population of frail elderly is driving a surge in coronavirus deaths in Japan...
FDA’s advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations
The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite...