City-wide tests for China's Harbin ahead of holiday
The Straits Times|January 23, 2022
China’s north-eastern city of Harbin will conduct a city-wide exercise to test its roughly 10 million people for Covid-19 from tomorrow, although it has had no recent cases, calling it a pre-emptive move ahead of the long Chinese New Year holiday.
City-wide tests for China's Harbin ahead of holiday

SHANGHAI

The city government said on its official WeChat account it had made the decision in view of how the week-long holiday, which officially starts on Jan 31, was a peak travel period for the country.

“Many cities recently reported cases of the local Omicron infection so prevention and control has to be very rigorous,” it added.

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