China Weekly News Quiz: Feb. 9-16, 2020

1

Central China's Hubei Province has made it mandatory for pharmacies to collect and register the personal information of people buying fever and cough medicine. Which of the following data they are not required to collect?

Name and ID card number
Body temperature
Contact information
Travel history

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2

Staff and COVID-19 patients at makeshift hospitals in central China's Wuhan City have been keeping themselves entertained in these dismal times. According to several videos that emerged last week, what has been their main mode of entertainment?

Movie screenings
Square dancing
Painting
Online gaming

2 / 7

3

Chinese experts have developed a new kit for detecting the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19). How long does it take to give a result?

12 hours
5 hours
1 hour
15 minutes

3 / 7

4

In these times of novel coronavirus, there has been an increase in the number of hours people in China spend watching TV. How many hours a day on average did a Chinese person spend watching TV during the two weeks after the Chinese New Year?

12 hours
7 hours
4 hours
3 hours

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5

As many as 15,152 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported in China on February 12 as compared to only 2,015 new cases on February 11. What caused such a sharp increase in cases in just one day?

A change in diagnostic criteria
People's sudden refusal to observe quarantine
Resumption of business activities
Mass exposure to virus at a gathering in Wuhan

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6

Eastern China's Hangzhou City has launched a modern technological measure to limit the movement of virus-infected people, thereby controlling the spread of COVID-19. What is the measure about?

Tracking virus-infected people using facial recognition
Classifying residents with tiered, QR code-based passes
Real-time monitoring of patients' cellular devices by police
Online tracking of residents using medicine purchase history

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7

Doing their bit in the fight against COVID-19, a number of scenic spots in China have decided to offer free entry to ______________

Everyone who suffered from COVID-19
Expats who suffered from COVID-19 in China
Health Ministry officials from Hubei Province
Medical staff fighting coronavirus

7 / 7

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