China is testing all 5 million residents of a city in Xinjiang after one positive Covid-19 case


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The city of Kashgar, Xinjiang, in 2019. Artyom IvanovTASS via Getty Images China started testing all 5 million residents in Kashgar, Xinjiang, for the coronavirus on Sunday, state media reported. The mass testing came after a 17-year-old girl who worked in a garment factory in the city tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. One hundred and thirty-seven people, who were asymptomatic, later tested positive on Sunday, according to state-run broadcaster CGTN. Kashgar is the largest city in Xinjiang, one of the most surveilled parts of China. The government has been monitoring and persecuting Uighur Muslims in...