Citywide COVID-19 testing launched in China's Xiamen(1/4)

Residents line up for nucleic acid testing at a community testing site in Siming District of Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province. (Photo: China News Service/Zeng Demeng)

Xiamen in East China's Fujian Province has started nucleic acid testing for all its residents due to the latest COVID-19 resurgence in the city, local authorities said on Tuesday. As of 11 am Tuesday, Xiamen had reported 35 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Residents line up for nucleic acid testing at a community testing site in Siming District of Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province. (Photo: China News Service/Zeng Demeng)

A medical worker collects a throat swab sample from a child for nucleic acid testing in Siming District of Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province. (Photo: China News Service/Zeng Demeng)

A medical worker collects a throat swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid testing in Siming District of Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province. (Photo: China News Service/Zeng Demeng)