China intends to put Covid-19 testing booths within a 15-minute walk for residents of its largest cities. Photo: EPA-EFE
China intends to put Covid-19 testing booths within a 15-minute walk for residents of its largest cities. Photo: EPA-EFE
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China’s big city plan for Covid testing just a 15-minute walk away

  • Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan says testing booths will be within easy reach for all residents in the country’s major cities
  • The strategy was first used in economic and tech hub Shenzhen, which controlled an outbreak in March with one week of lockdown

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Josephine Ma in Hong Kong Phoebe Zhang and Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing

Updated: 4:36pm, 10 May, 2022

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China intends to put Covid-19 testing booths within a 15-minute walk for residents of its largest cities. Photo: EPA-EFE
China intends to put Covid-19 testing booths within a 15-minute walk for residents of its largest cities. Photo: EPA-EFE
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