China's Guangzhou to conduct new round of COVID-19 nucleic acid testing

GUANGZHOU -- Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, plans to complete another round of nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 before the end of June, local health authorities said on June 25.

The move came after the city on Thursday resumed the outbound movement of traffic from the area where new COVID-19 cases were reported last month.

Guangzhou has reported 146 locally-transmitted confirmed cases and seven asymptomatic cases amid the recent resurgence in infections.

The city has reported no new locally-transmitted confirmed cases for six consecutive days since June 19. A total of 11.72 million people were sampled between June 20 and June 24 during the latest round of nucleic acid testing, and no positive results were reported.