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Chinese City Conducts Nucleic Acid Test as WHO Lifts COVID Health Emergency

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Chinese City Conducts Nucleic Acid Test as WHO Lifts COVID Health Emergency
A health worker wears a protective suit as an employee from a local company is given a nucleic acid test to detect COVID-19 at a makeshift testing site in Haidian District on April 26, 2022 in Beijing, China Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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On the same day the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the global public health emergency for COVID-19, authorities of a subdistrict in China’s Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, announced the implementation of 8 days of voluntary nucleic acid testing.

Hours after the WHO lifted its alert on May 5, the official WeChat account of Dongcheng Subdistrict in Dongguan issued a notice on the arrangements for nucleic acid testing.
Kane Zhang is a reporter based in Japan. She has written on health topics for The Epoch Times since 2022, mainly focusing on Integrative Medicine. She also reports on current affairs related Japan and China.
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