Hangzhou, home to tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., will start mass testing for Covid-19, urging residents to be tested every 48 hours.
The testing drive will cover most of the city’s downtown area, with 10,000 free sites to be set up, the municipal government said in a statement late Wednesday.
The move comes as China faces an unprecedented challenge to the Covid Zero measures deployed to stamp out infections. Yiwu, a city of 1.9 million people known for its production of Christmas decorations, was locked down on Wednesday.