BEIJING - Video posted on social media shows a mass COVID-19 testing site in the southern Chinese province of Guangzhou on June 7 after positive cases of the so-called delta variant, which originally appeared in India, were detected.
This footage was captured by Twitter user @p_ilou in Shenzhen.Guangzhou, Guangdong’s capital of over 15 million people, has reported 96 of the last 100 cases confirmed in Guangdong, according to reports, with Shenzhen reporting just one.
Guangzhou carried out more than 16 million tests between May 26 and midnight on June 5, reports said.Neighborhoods in Guangdong were locked down and anyone wishing to leave the province is required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours.