China's capital is capable of testing nearly one million people a day for the coronavirus, an official said Sunday. Officials cited this as tests are ongoing across the city to try to prevent the spread of new outbreaks.
Beijing has been expanding testing in the capital, which has a population of 20 million, since a cluster of new infections associated with a wholesale food market erupted last week.
The room erupted for the first time in Beijing in recent months have surpassed the previous outbreak in the city, which reached a peak in early February.
Initially the test was focused on people working or shopping at Xinfadi Market or nearby residents, but this time it has been extended to people in many other parts of the city as well as food transport workers. And also packing.
Gao Xiaojun, spokesman for the Beijing Health Commission, told a news conference that since the outbreak, the capacity of the test has doubled to more than 230,000 times a day at 124 institutions.
He added that the test was done on samples collected from several people in a tube, which means the city can reach nearly one million people every day.
Gao also said that provinces, including Hubei and Liaoning, had sent about 200 people to Beijing to help lab staff, further pushing to improve test capacity.
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