Beijing City Requires Mass Virus Testing for Roughly 2 Million

Beijing City Requires Mass Virus Testing for Roughly 2 Million
A Chinese girl wears a protective mask as she rides her scooter outside the gate of the Forbidden City, which remains closed to visitors, in Beijing, China, on April 19, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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The government of Beijing city is intensifying efforts to contain the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus as a recent outbreak continues to worsen.

On Jan. 22, Beijing authorities declared at a pandemic prevention and control press briefing that all residents in Dongcheng and Xicheng districts will be required to take nucleic acid testing, with a total population of more than two million involved.

Frank Yue
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Frank Yue is a Canada-based journalist for The Epoch Times who covers China-related news. He also holds an M.A. in English language and literature from Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China.
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