Nucleic acid testing underway in Beijing's Chaoyang district amid COVID-1

陈小将

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a woman for a nucleic acid test at a testing site in Chaoyang district of Beijing on April 25, 2022. Chaoyang district is conducting nucleic acid testing for all people living and working in it starting Monday after dozens of COVID-19 cases were reported over the weekend. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
BEIJING -- Beijing Municipality reported 29 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases from 4 pm Sunday to 4 pm Monday, local authorities said Monday.
A total of 70 local infections have been logged since Friday, said Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center.