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A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident during a Covid-19 testing regime in Shibei District of Qingdao, in eastern Shandong Province on October 14. Photo: Xinhua Coronavirus: China punishes two health officials over hospital cluster Nearly 10 million people were tested in Qingdao in rapid response to new batch of cases Deputy mayor says gene sequencing technology will speed up tracing the route of transmission