1.媒體來源:
CNN
2.記者署名:
Eric Cheung
3.完整新聞標題:
China to test 9 million people as coronavirus cluster detected in city of Qing
dao
4.完整新聞內文:
Updated 0814 GMT (1614 HKT) October 12, 2020
Hong Kong (CNN)The Chinese port city of Qingdao plans to test some nine millio
n people in the coming five days, after 12 locally-transmitted coronavirus cas
es were reported sparking concerns of a wider outbreak.
China has been largely coronavirus free since mid-August, with all cases repor
ted by the country imported from elsewhere. But as of October 11,
Qingdao has reported a dozen locally transmitted cases, all of which have been
linked to a
hospital treating imported infections, the city's Municipal Health Commission
said in a statement Monday.
Mass testing has already been carried out at the Qingdao Chest Hospital, which
has been placed on lockdown, with 114,862 people, staff and patients, having
tested negative as of Monday.
Testing will now be rolled out citywide for the entire population of nine mill
ion, repeating the type of mass response previously seen in Beijing and other
cities across China where clusters of infections have been detected.
Those responses have been successful in keeping China's overall infection rate
low since the country's initial outbreak was suppressed in March.
That has enabled life to return to relative normality, with more than 600 mil
lion tourists traveling this month for Golden Week, a national holiday around
the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The cluster in Qingdao, a city on the eastern coast home to numerous beaches
and popular with tourists, will raise fears of a potential spike in cases rel
ated to the holiday.
Authorities in the port city said the specific source of infection was still u
nder investigation.
As of this week, China has recorded 85,578 confirmed cases and 4,634 deaths
from the coronavirus, according to the country's National Health Commission.
CNN's Beijing Bureau and James Griffiths contributed reporting.
5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://cnn.it/36Y8cuE
6.備註:
(1) coronavirus 冠狀病毒；新冠病毒
a. cambridge dictionary
https://bit.ly/2GpntK6
b. forvo
https://forvo.com/search/coronavirus/en/
(2) Qingdao 青島