1st LD-Writethru: Beijing to expand nucleic acid testing to more areas


By Peng PeigenChen Xu
  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Apr 2022

BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will conduct three rounds of nucleic acid testing in 11 areas from Tuesday to Saturday in efforts to curb the risk of COVID-19, local authorities said at a press conference Monday.

The testing will cover people in the districts of Xicheng, Dongcheng, Haidian, Fengtai, Shijingshan, Fangshan, Tongzhou, Shunyi, Changping, Daxing and Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, said Xu Hejian, spokesperson of the municipal government of Beijing.

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