Asia Today: City in China offers cash for tip on test evaders

A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a resident during a mass nucleic acid testing following a recent coronavirus outbreak in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. - Reuters

BEIJING, Jan 8 (AP): A city in northern China is offering rewards of 500 yuan (US$77) for anyone who reports on a resident who has not taken a recent coronavirus test.

The offer from the government of Nangong comes as millions in the city and its surrounding province of Hebei are being tested as part of efforts to control China’s most serious recent outbreak of Covid-19.