Shanghai recorded another 48 deaths related to Covid-19 on Tuesday and the lowest daily number of new cases since April 5 (13,562), while Beijing, according to updates from the National Health Commission, reached a number of 34 infections ( 31 ascertained and 3 asymptomatic), the highest since April 22, amid growing fears that a serious outbreak in the capital is intensifying. The Chinese financial hub, in lockdown since the end of March, today launched yet another cycle of both antigenic and nucleic acid mass tests to be completed on Saturday, involving all its 26 million residents in efforts to contain the Omicron variant. which continues to spread. In Beijing, however, the tests decided for 20 million residents out of the approximately 23 million total population are proceeding and will end on April 30th.
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