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Chinese City Orders All Residents to Be Tested for COVID-19 as More Cases Detected The city of Dalian in northeastern China is struggling to contain a local COVID-19 outbreak, as authorities announced that all residents would be required to take nucleic acid tests following the detection of more infections. Deputy Director of the Dalian Health Commission Zhao Lian on Dec. 22 also ordered all residents to stay within city borders. The travel ban was due to the ongoing outbreak, she said. Meanwhile, speculation surfaced on the internet that local schools had cluster outbreaks. In a statement, D...

2020-12-20 10:36:03 GMT2020-12-20 18:36:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English DALIAN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's northeastern port city of Dalian has strengthened cold-chain management in the wake of new COVID-19 cases reported recently, local authorities said Sunday. The city has put cold-chain workers under centralized and standardized management, and has ordered at least one nucleic acid test per week on employees and samples from their working environment. Dalian found four domestically transmitted asymptomatic COVID-19 cases during regular tests on cold-chain workers on Dec. 15. The ci...