Nurses collect throat swab samples from residents of Tangqiao street in Pudong on Monday morning as part of Shanghai’s massive three-day exercise to test its 25 million people for Covid-19. Photo: Daniel Ren
Nurses collect throat swab samples from residents of Tangqiao street in Pudong on Monday morning as part of Shanghai’s massive three-day exercise to test its 25 million people for Covid-19. Photo: Daniel Ren

China starts Covid-19 mass testing for 25 million Shanghai residents

  • The gateway city to international trade records 9,000 new cases, with total infections topping 61,000
  • Military personnel and equipment including Y-20 transport planes drafted as three-day rapid test exercise gets under way

Nurses collect throat swab samples from residents of Tangqiao street in Pudong on Monday morning as part of Shanghai’s massive three-day exercise to test its 25 million people for Covid-19. Photo: Daniel Ren
Nurses collect throat swab samples from residents of Tangqiao street in Pudong on Monday morning as part of Shanghai’s massive three-day exercise to test its 25 million people for Covid-19. Photo: Daniel Ren
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