Beijing residents outside a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Haidian district of the Chinese capital city on April 26, 2022. Photo: Reuters.
China shifts Covid-19 focus to Beijing outbreak as Shanghai’s new cases fall to 21-day low
- Shanghai’s new infections fell 12.7 per cent to 16,980, while cases with symptoms declined by almost a third to 1,661, with 52 fatalities
- Beijing added 33 cases, including one asymptomatic patient, bringing the total to 71 since the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was reported in the Chinese capital on April 22
Beijing residents outside a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Haidian district of the Chinese capital city on April 26, 2022. Photo: Reuters.
