Beijing mobilizes buses to collect samples for COVID-19 testing

The first batch of two buses was mobilized in Beijing's Xicheng and Chaoyang districts on Sunday to collect samples for novel coronavirus tests.

Each bus has one window for registration and four others for sample collecting, and they are placed at the optimal height for medical workers to carry out their work, according to Xinhua.

The mobile units are designed to improve the efficiency and working environment of medical workers in the high summer temperatures.

Beijing has rolled out massive testing with thousands of tents set up across the city to collect throat swabs from residents in light of a local COVID-19 cluster that has led to 311 infections since June 11.

According to a municipal official, as many as 8.29 million coronavirus test samples have been collected in Beijing as of noon on Sunday.