上海多家医院提供24小时核酸检测服务 - 2021年08月12日

A surge in demand for people wanting to take a nucleic acid test has caused local medical institutions to extend their opening times and the service in one hospital is even available up to 24 hours.

The increase in nucleic acid tests has been stimulated since Shanghai confirmed a new local COVID-19 case on August 2 and upgraded a residential complex in the Pudong New Area to medium risk, said Zhao Zhenyu, an official of Shanghai Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine.

Since the outbreak of the Delta variant in Nanjing and Yangzhou, neighboring Jiangsu Province, and other places in the country, Shanghai has seen a sharp increase in the number of people seeking a test.