China extends lockdown inareas of Chengdu, expands mass testing

A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Chengdu, in China's southwestern Sichuan province on September 1, 2022. - AFP

BEIJING, Sept 4 (Bloomberg): China extended its lockdown in districts of western megacity Chengdu and ordered more mass testing there from Sunday as it tries to contain a Covid outbreak.

Chengdu’s central Jinjiang district will further intensify lockdowns and extend control measures for at least three days starting Sunday, authorities said in a statement. Other districts also announced a third round of Covid tests on Sunday.