Covid-Free Chinese Regions Cautioned on Excessive Mass Testing

What’s new: China’s National Health Commission (NHC) has urged local governments in Covid-free regions to avoid conducting frequent and mandatory mass testing amid swelling public anger over disease control measure escalations.

NHC inspector He Qinghua said during a press conference Thursday that it “should not be a routine” to conduct frequent nucleic acid testing in Covid-free regions. The priority should be given to groups with high risk of Covid infections, he added.