China’s Covid-19 epicentre Jilin embraces rapid antigen tests to curb outbreak


China’s new Covid-19 epicentre Jilin province will incorporate rapid antigen tests (RATs) into its mass testing campaign after the country approved more test kits in a bid to curb the Omicron variant.

Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan, who has been leading the fight against the virus, told officials in the province to roll out RATs in schools and test 20 per cent of students every day to detect the virus early, state news agency Xinhua reported late on Wednesday.

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