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Published 17 Oct, 2020 06:00pm

Chinese city finds no new cases after testing 11 million residents

Qingdao, a coastal city in eastern China, has completed coronavirus testing for its 11 million residents following an outbreak and found no new infections so far, according to an AP report.

As of Friday, the 10.9 million samples came back negative.

Xue Qingguo, Qingdao’s deputy mayor, told state broadcaster CCTV that the risk of community transmission “is basically eliminated”.

The citywide testing was ordered after 13 people were infected in China’s first locally transmitted cases in over two months.

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