China city Qingdao outbreak testing Coronavirus China city Qingdao

13 cases, 10 million tests: China swabs city after coronavirus outbreak

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mass testing follows the discovery of a dozen cases linked to the Qingdao Municipal Chest Hospital, which was treating coronavirus patients arriving from abroad.The head of that facility, Deng Kai, was fired on Thursday.

The local health bureau said he had been "removed from office" and was "under further investigation", but did not offer any more details.Of the 13 confirmed cases, eight were treated at the Qingdao Municipal Chest Hospital and one is a family member of a patient.Authorities have not shared details of the other four, but said Thursday that all cases in the city are "closely linked" to the hospital.Officials said they were still working to determine the precise source of the outbreak in Qingdao, however.Deng's dismissal comes.

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