China’s zero-COVID policy has triggered a new round of draconian lockdowns along with mass PCR testing of tens of millions of people. A government agency in Qingdao city, Shandong Province, conducted an undercover telephone survey of 77 hospitals in the city that advertise a variety of PCR testing services to check if they could provide those services. The findings were far lower than expected. One-third of the hospitals did not even answer the phone calls.
The Epoch Times obtained a Qingdao Health Commission leaked document, dated Feb. 28, 2022, saying that the Commission made several rounds of phone calls to 77 hospitals in the city to check if they could provide the PCR testing services they advertised. Twenty-five hospitals could not be reached via their published customer service numbers. None of the hospitals that answered the calls could do all the services they promised.
