Covid-19 Cluster in China’s Qingdao Prompts City-Wide Testing


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The coastal Chinese city of Qingdao will test its more than nine million residents for Covid-19, authorities said, after the discovery of a dozen new cases linked to a local hospital—the country’s most significant virus scare in several months. Local health officials said Monday that they discovered nine new coronavirus cases linked to the Qingdao Chest Hospital, a facility designated for patients found infected with the coronavirus after arriving from abroad. Officials had earlier announced finding three cases linked the hospital over the weekend, just as China was wrapping up its eight-day-long National Day holiday. Concerns spread Monday on Chinese...