01:44The northern Chinese city of Tianjin, a major Chinese coastal city near the capital Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing for its 14 million residents after a cluster of 20 children and adults tested positive for COVID-19, including at least two with the Omicron variant.
Footage from Sunday shows the tests being carried out in Xiqing District in Tianjin.
Those infected include 15 students aged from 8 to 13 years of age, a staff member at an after-school centre and four parents.
The citywide nucleic acid testing is expected to be completed in 24 hours in four districts from 07:00 local time on Sunday (23:00 GMT Saturday) and 12 other districts from 07:00 on Monday (23:00 GMT Sunday).
Residents will not be given a green health code until receiving a negative test result, authorities said Sunday.
China: Tianjin to test 14 million residents after detection of Omicron cases
The northern Chinese city of Tianjin, a major Chinese coastal city near the capital Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing for its 14 million residents after a cluster of 20 children and adults tested positive for COVID-19, including at least two with the Omicron variant.
Footage from Sunday shows the tests being carried out in Xiqing District in Tianjin.
Those infected include 15 students aged from 8 to 13 years of age, a staff member at an after-school centre and four parents.
The citywide nucleic acid testing is expected to be completed in 24 hours in four districts from 07:00 local time on Sunday (23:00 GMT Saturday) and 12 other districts from 07:00 on Monday (23:00 GMT Sunday).
Residents will not be given a green health code until receiving a negative test result, authorities said Sunday.
The northern Chinese city of Tianjin, a major Chinese coastal city near the capital Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing for its 14 million residents after a cluster of 20 children and adults tested positive for COVID-19, including at least two with the Omicron variant.
Footage from Sunday shows the tests being carried out in Xiqing District in Tianjin.
Those infected include 15 students aged from 8 to 13 years of age, a staff member at an after-school centre and four parents.
The citywide nucleic acid testing is expected to be completed in 24 hours in four districts from 07:00 local time on Sunday (23:00 GMT Saturday) and 12 other districts from 07:00 on Monday (23:00 GMT Sunday).
Residents will not be given a green health code until receiving a negative test result, authorities said Sunday.