The IBC Mall in Shenzhen’s Luohu district was sealed off and under police supervision on Friday evening, with around 200 people queuing outside waiting for coronavirus tests from medical workers in protective suits, Reuters reports. An official Guangdong Health Commission WeChat account channel said the alert was prompted by a coronavirus patient at the mall. The worker was diagnosed in her home city of Lufeng, in Guangdong, the commission said. An outbreak in the city of Urumqi in the far western region of Xinjiang in July was thought to have originated with a mall worker. On Monday, Shenzhen authorities announced three Chinese citizens returning to the southern city from Russia had tested positive for the virus while in quarantine.

Source: The Standard August 14, 2020 15:00 UTC