WEB DESK: The scourge of the corona virus is still frightening people around the world. US, India and several European countries are still suffering from the pandemic with most of them are going for night curfew and lock down options. It apparently seems that there is no way out to get rid of this lethal virus anytime soon, meanwhile, China has once again conducted large-scale Corona tests ahead of winter.
The country has rolled out mass coronavirus testing for nearly 5 million people and imposed lockdown measures in the prefecture of Kashgar in the far western region of Xinjiang, after a single asymptomatic coronavirus case was reported on Saturday.
The testing drive has so far identified 137 additional cases — and all are asymptomatic, according to Xinjiang’s regional health commission. This is the highest daily number of asymptomatic Covid-19 cases reported in China in nearly seven months.
As of Sunday afternoon, some 2.8 million people have been tested. The government expects to finish testing all of Kashgar’s 4.7 million population by Tuesday.
The outbreak is Xinjiang’s second since China’s initial wave of coronavirus infections was brought under control in March.