Northern China Launches 2nd Coronavirus Testing Campaign

According to local media, the Chinese mainland reported 69 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on January 9, 2021, of whom 48 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission confirmed. Of the locally transmitted cases, 46 were reported in north China's Hebei Province and one each in Beijing and Liaoning Province, the commission said in its daily report.

On January 10, 2021, China's Shijiazhuang launched the second round of citywide COVID-19 nucleic acid screening for its 10 million residents.

Medical workers were deployed by East China's Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces and new testing equipment, contributing to the operation's velocity, stated Ma Yujun, the city's deputy mayor. "We'll make sure to halt the spread of the virus," he said at a news conference held by the provincial government in Shijiazhuang.

Among the newly detected positive cases, 298, or 84 percent, are in the city's Gaocheng district, reported China Daily on January 9th.