No new COVID-19 strain found in Shanghai
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No new COVID-19 strain found in Shanghai

Medical workers check residents’ information with a community staff member in East China’s Shanghai, April 26, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] Shanghai refuted rumors that a new mutated COVID-19 strain had emerged in the municipality on Sunday. Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, said that...
Community transmission has been curbed: Shanghai government
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Community transmission has been curbed: Shanghai government

Residents use self-checkout at a reopened supermarket in a precautionary zone in Putuo district of Shanghai on May 5, 2022. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily] Community transmission in the current COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai has been contained through effective testing and control measures, the municipal government...
Communities on front line of virus fight
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Communities on front line of virus fight

People line up to take nucleic acid tests in Haidian district, Beijing, May 5, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] Measures have ensured normal life of residents during epidemic prevention Communities are front lines for China to combat and bring COVID-19 under control, Liang Wannian, head of the National Health...
Virus situation in Beijing still intense, officials say
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Virus situation in Beijing still intense, officials say

A community worker guides residents for nucleic acid test in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, May 7, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] The COVID-19 control situation in Beijing remains intense with new sporadic cases reported at the community level, officials said. Beijing reported 39 new infections during the...
Experts: Anti-COVID strategy works
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Experts: Anti-COVID strategy works

Experts: Anti-COVID strategy works Support expressed after top leadership affirms dynamic clearance is effective A medical worker takes a swab sample from a delivery man for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Chaoyang district, Beijing, May 5, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] Persevering in the dynamic zero-COVID...
FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVID-19
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FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVID-19

China has approved COVID-19 antigen testing as a supplementary means to improve early detection, and 10 domestically made antigen kits have been allowed for home use. Who can use a COVID-19 antigen self-test? Where to buy the self-testing kits? Can antigen self-testing be a substitute for...