Beijing starts second day of mass COVID testing for residents

Beijing starts second day of mass COVID testing for residents last updated: 23/01/2021 Beijing plans to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to stop a new local cluster of COVID cases. It’s the second day of their drive to stop a local cluster of coronavirus cases believed to be linked to a more contagious variant. The mass testing campaign is now under way in the Dongcheng and Xicheng districts, with Beijing reporting 19 new coronavirus cases in the past week. Lockdowns, meanwhile, have also been imposed in parts of Beijing. After the virus first emerged…