COVID-19

A staff member takes a swab sample from a man for nucleic acid test in Huangpu district, Shanghai, May 8, 2022. Shanghai has set up fixed and mobile acid testing sites in areas such as residential communities, office spaces, business parks and in the vicinities of...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...