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Residents at a residential compound in Shanghai under lockdown queue to take Covid-19 tests. China reported seven more Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Tuesday, as major firms such as Tesla forged ahead to resume production after a damaging weeks-long lockdown. IMAGES
Torrejón de Ardoz (Spain), May 29 (EFE) .- (Camera: Manuel Única) Located in Madrid, one of the epicentres of coronavirus in Spain, the city of Torrejon de Ardoz started on Friday testing all of its 130,000 residents for the disease. Health workers are expected to test some 28,000 residents a day.FOOTAGE OF THE TESTING.SOUNDBITES OF PEPA SORIANO, DIRECTOR OF THE PROJECT.Translation:"We have planned to carry tests out on all residents over the age of 1, which we estimate is around 130,000 citizens.""It's an antibodies serology test. So each citizen will be able to find out whether they are coronavirus positive or negative and in the case of them being negative, whether they have developed any kind of antibodies."
Locals in Beijing are seen queueing at a clinic at a designated Covid hospital in Beijing's Chaoyang district, as officials warn of a rapid spread in the capital after the country abruptly dropped its zero-tolerance policy. The top health body of the country said on Wednesday that the true scale of Covid-19 infections is now "impossible" to track. IMAGES
Workers in PPE test residents, including elderly and children, in a locked-down Shanghai residential district. Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy. Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000. IMAGES
Residents in Shanghai take Covid tests while under lockdown. China reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, with Shanghai the heart of the virus surge despite being in lockdown. IMAGES