China: COVID test sites open in locked-down Xiamen as Delta surges again

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Volunteers have been helping at a Civil Mediation centre in Houjing village, Xiamen, on Wednesday, after being converted into a COVID-19 test point, amid a surge in the Delta variant.

Residents flocked to the centre to register for rapid COVID-19 tests, just two days after Beijing imposed a city-wide lockdown. 165 total cases of the disease were registered in the Fujian province by Wednesday.

Local resident and centre volunteer Mr Lin said that 2,000 villagers had been tested so far, and that the process of mass testing was going ‘quite smoothly.’

The Delta outbreak, first reported a week prior, has led to travel limitations for Xiamen and Quanzhou residents, school and business closures. Temporary mass COVID testing facilities have been opened to curb the spread.

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SOT, Mr Zhou, Testing point volunteer (Mandarin): “I am a villager of Houjing Village, and I am also a member of the Communist Party of China. I come here to volunteer for the villagers to maintain order and do a good job in epidemic prevention and control.”

SOT, Mr Zhou, Testing point volunteer (Mandarin): “I don’t think it’s hard. As a party member, we should help the people. Where there are difficulties, we have to be there. It’s not hard at all.”

SOT, Mr Lin, Testing point volunteer (Mandarin): “My last name is Lin, and I am a villager of Houjing Village. I came to volunteer today.”

SOT, Mr Lin, Testing point volunteer (Mandarin): “Today, the collection work in our village has gone quite smoothly. So far, more than 2,000 people have been tested.”

SOT, Mr Lin, Testing point volunteer (Mandarin): “The epidemic prevention work was carried out in a timely manner, and a testing place was set up quickly.”

SOT, Mr Lin, Testing point volunteer (Mandarin): “[COVID-19] still has some influence on life and work. For example, mode of travel, travel time and travel location have all been affected, and the length of our volunteer service has also increased a lot.”

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