Beijing: According to big news, the Health Commission of China has said that China will start rapid antigen testing for the first time, as the outbreak of Covid 19 is spreading. Meanwhile, China on Friday ordered the imposition of a lockdown in the northeastern city of Changchun, with a population of 9 million. This order has been given amid the increase in the cases of Covid-19 in this area.
According to the news agency AFP, the Health Commission has informed that China will start rapid antigen testing for the first time because the corona is spreading rapidly there again.
Lockdown order
Earlier, China has ordered to impose lockdown again in Changchun, a city with a population of 9 million. Under this order, residents there will have to stay at home and undergo three rounds of mass screening. Also, the government has closed non-essential businesses. While transport links have been suspended.
397 more cases of local transmission
On Friday, 397 more cases of local transmission were reported in China across the country, of which 98 were in Jilin province. Only two cases were reported within the city. However, the authorities have resolved to impose a lockdown in areas with one or more cases as part of China’s policy of zero tolerance towards the epidemic.
