Virus-hit county in China's Fujian province to conduct mass testing


A health worker collects swab sample from a resident for Covid-19 test in Xianyou county, Putian city, East China's Fujian province. - Xinhua

BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): The city of Putian in Fujian province reported 35 locally transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases and 32 local asymptomatic carriers as of Sunday (Sept 13) at midnight, according to local health authorities.

Putian's Xianyou county, which was hit hard in this most recent outbreak, will carry out a county-wide nucleic acid testing, the county's headquarters on Covid-19 control and prevention said on Monday.

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