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URUMQI -- Three new asymptomatic cases were reported in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Saturday, according to the local health commission. A 32-year-old man and his wife and mother tested positive during a routine nucleic acid testing, and the three have been sent to a designated hospital for medical observation. Turpan's first recent asymptomatic case was a worker of a commerce company and citywide testing has begun among the close contacts of the carrier and their close contacts. Local authorities are continuing epidemiological investigations and trying to trace the source.