China said on Friday that it would start using rapid antigen tests for the first time, amid a spike in coronavirus cases once again. Corona infection has reached its highest level in the country in the last two years. The National Health Commission here has said that self-test kits will be available for clinics and common citizens can buy them through pharmacy or online.Advertisement
On Friday, for the first time in China, domestic cases of infection exceeded 1000. Till a week ago, this figure was at 300 cases per day. Due to this, China has implemented a lockdown in the industrial center of Changchun city where about 9 million people live. Here he has directed to build makeshift hospitals. The Omicron variant is believed to be the reason for this increase in corona cases.