Shanghai to hold mass COVID testing exercise over July 19-21

A medical worker, wearing a protective suit and sitting with an ice block between the legs, collects a swab from a resident at a nucleic acid testing site amid a heatwave warning, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song

Shanghai will require residents across nine of the city's districts and some smaller areas to undergo testing for COVID-19 over July 19-21 in an effort to stem any community spread of the virus, the city government said on Monday.

Residents of the districts, which include Xuhui, Jingan and Huangpu, will be required to take two COVID-19 tests over the three day period.

(Reporting by Roxanne Liu and Brenda Goh; Editing by Christopher Cushing)