China Weekly News Quiz: March 15-22, 2020

1

Favipiravir, a Japanese medicine for flu, has shown promise in treating COVID-19 patients, an official from China's Science and Technology Ministry said on March 17. For mild and regular cases, it can shorten the recovery time from 11 days to _________.

Eight days
Six days
Four days
Two days

1 / 7

2

The Chinese mainland reported its first day of zero domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 on ___________.

March 17
March 18
March 19
March 20

2 / 7

3

Why did Hong Kong suspend poultry imports from certain counties in North Carolina, U.S.?

To curb COVID-19 transmission
Over fears of avian influenza
Low domestic demand
It doesn't taste good.

3 / 7

4

Some netizens posted this picture claiming that these elephants got drunk and fell asleep in a tea field in southwest China's Yunnan Province, but the local authorities dismissed the news as fake and said the picture was unrelated to last week's incident. What really happened?

A herd of elephants ransacked residences in a county in Yunnan
A herd of elephants was drugged by some Yunnan locals
A herd of elephants killed half a dozen people in Yunnan
Some elephants destroyed tea fields

4 / 7

5

On March 17, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism advised people not to travel to countries at high risk of coronavirus infection. Which one of the following countries was not on the list announced by the ministry?

the U.S.
the UK
New Zealand
Switzerland

5 / 7

6

Beijing last week reopened Xiaotangshan Hospital, which housed SARS patients in 2003. Which group of COVID-19 patients will be mainly treated there?

Local cases
International arrivals
Chinese people from other cities
None of the above

6 / 7

7

Fighting the fears surrounding COVID-19, which Chinese city at low risk of the virus held a mini marathon last week?

Chengdu
Xi'an
Urumqi
Wuhan

7 / 7

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