People have their information registered before COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Liwan District of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, June 8, 2021. A new round of mass testing in high-risk areas of Baihedong Street and Zhongnan Street in Guangzhou started on Tuesday.(Photo: Xinhua)

  

Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, has started to lift COVID-19 lockdowns for qualified communities as part of scientific epidemic prevention and control measures amid the latest coronavirus surge.

Lockdowns in a total of 11 areas from five districts in Guangzhou were lifted on Monday, according to the website of the local government on the day.

To qualify for a lockdown lift, all residents within a restricted community or village must pass three rounds of nucleic acid tests with zero new confirmed cases for a consecutive 14 days, and all residents should complete nucleic acid tests and receive negative reports 24 hours prior to the lockdown lift, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday, citing the local COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control command center on Sunday.

All close contacts with confirmed cases should be effectively managed, personnel in key places must have received negative nucleic acid tests and all environmental nucleic acid test results must also be negative, CCTV said, noting that the lockdown will be lifted after an evaluation and approval procedure by relevant authorities.

Other epidemic prevention and control measures should continue after the lockdown is lifted, the report said.

Guangzhou reported four new domestic COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the local government said on Monday.

 

Global Times