COVID-19 Infection Rise in Southeastern China Prompts New Mass Testing

COVID-19 Infection Rise in Southeastern China Prompts New Mass Testing
A child undergoes a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xianyou county, Putian city, in China's eastern Fujian province on Sept. 13, 2021. -/CNS/AFP via Getty Images
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Hundreds of thousands of residents in a county of Fujian Province on China’s southeastern coast received orders to undergo nucleic acid testing as a fresh COVID-19 outbreak hit the region.

Fujian Province reported at least 102 new infections within three days, with 64 in Xinyou county, according to statements released by local authorities on Sept. 14. However, the Chinese regime didn’t count 21 asymptomatic cases as confirmed. The real counts are likely higher given the CCP has a record of underreporting the infected figures.