![China races to contain COVID outbreaks in tourism hubs Tibet, Hainan China races to contain COVID outbreaks in tourism hubs Tibet, Hainan](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-08/61660112267_CHINA.jpg)
China races to contain COVID outbreaks in tourism hubs Tibet, Hainan
The authorities are launching more rounds of mass testing and closing venues to contain the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
Wed Aug 10 2022
![Macau begins 11th round of mass testing in worst COVID outbreak Macau begins 11th round of mass testing in worst COVID outbreak](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-07/61658109977_macau.jpg)
Macau begins 11th round of mass testing in worst COVID outbreak
Despite a steady fall in infections that saw just 27 new cases reported on Sunday, authorities said the city's more than 600,000 residents must stay home.
Mon Jul 18 2022
![China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-06/41655957057_BEIJING.jpg)
China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain
Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste.
Thu Jun 23 2022
![China's Beijing city to expand mass COVID testing to more districts China's Beijing city to expand mass COVID testing to more districts](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-04/51650941698_CHINA.jpg)
China's Beijing city to expand mass COVID testing to more districts
China's capital Beijing swiftly expanded its COVID-19 mass testing from one district this week to most of the city of nearly 22 million.
Tue Apr 26 2022
![Beijing shoppers clear store shelves as district starts mass testing Beijing shoppers clear store shelves as district starts mass testing](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-04/41650869494_SHANGHAI.jpg)
Beijing shoppers clear store shelves as district starts mass testing
Mass testing of all residents, prompting fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown after dozens of COVID-19 cases reported.
Mon Apr 25 2022
![Hong Kong leader calls for calm, after supermarkets emptied ahead of mass COVID testing Hong Kong leader calls for calm, after supermarkets emptied ahead of mass COVID testing](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-03/71646121070_HONGKONG.jpg)
Hong Kong leader calls for calm, after supermarkets emptied ahead of mass COVID testing
Carrie Lam calls for calm after residents emptied supermarkets, stocking up on produce ahead of reports of compulsory mass COVID-19 testing.
Tue Mar 01 2022
![Hong Kong aims to get 10,000 hotel rooms in COVID fight amid reports of mass testing Hong Kong aims to get 10,000 hotel rooms in COVID fight amid reports of mass testing](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-02/51645074117_hongkong.jpg)
Hong Kong aims to get 10,000 hotel rooms in COVID fight amid reports of mass testing
Chief Executive Carrie Lam renewed an appeal for support from the global financial hub's 7.5 million people.
Thu Feb 17 2022
![WHO mass-testing three potential COVID-19 treatments WHO mass-testing three potential COVID-19 treatments](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-08/61628825959_PILLS.jpg)
WHO mass-testing three potential COVID-19 treatments
WHO announces major international trials of three drugs to find out whether they improve the condition of hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
Fri Aug 13 2021
![[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: PM Muhyiddin defies calls to resign, China mass testing shows COVID-19 cases at 6-month high [PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: PM Muhyiddin defies calls to resign, China mass testing shows COVID-19 cases at 6-month high](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2020-09/71600683822_DailyDose.jpg)
[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: PM Muhyiddin defies calls to resign, China mass testing shows COVID-19 cases at 6-month high
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Wed Aug 04 2021
![China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-08/51627979663_wuhan.jpg)
China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads
An unusually wide series of COVID-19 outbreaks reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019.
Tue Aug 03 2021
![Simultaneous containment and controlled reopening through tech-powered mass testing Simultaneous containment and controlled reopening through tech-powered mass testing](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-07/71626331287_MALAYSIA.jpg)
Simultaneous containment and controlled reopening through tech-powered mass testing
Repeat clusters show that simply trusting industries and people (and even politicians) to manage and self-enforce SOPs are not reliable.
Thu Jul 15 2021
![COVID-19: Thailand records 166 new cases, zero deaths Sunday COVID-19: Thailand records 166 new cases, zero deaths Sunday](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2020-05/71588860737_Bangkok.jpg)
COVID-19: Thailand records 166 new cases, zero deaths Sunday
It said mass testing found 67 cases in Pathum Thani, 11 in Samut Sakhon, seven in Tak, three in Rayong and one in Nonthaburi.
Sun Feb 14 2021
![New COVID cluster in Australia's Melbourne sparks mass testing New COVID cluster in Australia's Melbourne sparks mass testing](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2020-08/51596435924_TBMELBOURNECOVID.jpg)
New COVID cluster in Australia's Melbourne sparks mass testing
Fears of a fresh wave of infections hit Melbourne, after a new COVID-19 cluster linked to a quarantine hotel grew to eight cases.
Thu Feb 11 2021
![Swiss resort St Moritz mass testing finds 53 COVID infections, 31 variant cases Swiss resort St Moritz mass testing finds 53 COVID infections, 31 variant cases](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-01/71611218704_StMortiz.jpg)
Swiss resort St Moritz mass testing finds 53 COVID infections, 31 variant cases
About 3,200 people were tested this week, and that the 31 infections caused by viral variants were discovered among hotel employees.
Thu Jan 21 2021
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[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Hearing of Najib's 1MDB case to 'take a long time', South Korea rolls out mass testing for 52 prisons
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Wed Jan 06 2021