Beijing shoppers empty store shelves as mass testing begins after Covid surge

Residents of China's capital, Beijing, secured food and other supplies as the city's largest district, Chaoyang, began mass testing of all residents on Monday. It comes amid fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown after dozens of COVID-19 cases were reported in the capital in recent days. Authorities in Chaoyang, home to 3.45 million people, on Sunday evening ordered residents and those who work there to get tested three times this week, as Beijing warned the virus had spread "stealthily". in the city for about a week before being detected. READ | Covid pill shows rapid clearance of virus: Japanese pharmaceutical company…