Urumqi collects over 1 million samples for coronavirus testing

Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has collected samples from over one million people for coronavirus nucleic acid testing as of Tuesday, the city's officials said in a press briefing on Wednesday.

Authorities said 24 nucleic acid testing institutions are carrying out citywide free coronavirus testing in Urumqi, and all these institutions have met the standards of Laboratory Biosafety Levels 2 (BSL-2).