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BEIJING, June 21 — The Chinese capital is capable of screening almost 1 million people a day for the coronavirus, an official said today, as testing continued across the city to try to contain the spread of a fresh outbreak. Beijing has been expanding testing in the city of 20 million since a...

Sunday, 21 Jun 2020 09:45 PM MYT

BEIJING, June 21 — The Chinese capital is capable of screening almost 1 million people a day for the coronavirus, an official said today, as testing continued across the city to try to contain the spread of a fresh outbreak. The outbreak, the first in Beijing in months, has now surpassed previous peak numbers in the city in early February.

Since the new outbreak, capacity has more than doubled to more than 230,000 tests daily at 124 institutions, Gao Xiaojun, spokesman for the Beijing Health Commission, told a press briefing.

 

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