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City In China Tests 10 Million People After 13 COVID-19 Cases Are Found

Qingdao city officials say no new infections were identified. The extraordinary testing effort followed the appearance of a small cluster of COVID-19 cases centered in a city hospital.

The Chinese port city of Qingdao is under soft lockdown after a cluster of 13 COVID-19 cases was discovered last weekend.

In the last five days, health authorities say they conducted more than 10 million COVID-19 tests

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