Dalian reported seven new local confirmed patients (one was a silent carrier) and one asymptomatic patient on Thursday. All the newly confirmed patients live in Jinpu New District, where this wave of outbreak started, the state media reported. Earlier, Dalian started citywide nucleic acid testing on Tuesday and regulated that only residents with negative test results are allowed to leave the city. "All the quarantined candidates must receive nucleic acid tests two days before the exam," the Shenyang Examinations Authority said on its website on Thursday. This wave of Dalian started on December 15, when the city reported four asymptomatic patients who work as loaders in a cold-chain import company.

Source: The Standard December 25, 2020 13:18 UTC