https://112.international/politics/china-tests-millions-of-people-for-covid-19-amid-new-outbreak-63636.html

Chinese cities rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions as health authorities battled on August 1 to contain the country's most widespread coronavirus outbreak in months. This is reported by Channel News Asia.

China on Sunday reported 75 new coronavirus cases with 53 local transmissions, with a cluster linked to an eastern airport now reported to have spread to over 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces. The outbreak is geographically the largest to hit China in several months after the country's successes in largely snuffing out the pandemic within its borders last year.

That record has been thrown into jeopardy after the fast-spreading Delta variant broke out at Nanjing airport in eastern Jiangsu province in July.

Authorities have now conducted three rounds of testing on the city's 9.2 million residents and placed hundreds of thousands under lockdown, in an effort to curb an outbreak Beijing has blamed on the highly-contagious Delta variant and the peak tourist season.

Officials are now scrambling to track people nationwide who recently travelled from Nanjing or Zhangjiajie, a tourist city in Hunan province which has locked down all 1.5 million residents and shut all tourist attractions.

Fresh cases were reported Sunday in Hainan island - another popular tourist destination - as well as Ningxia and Shandong provinces, authorities said.

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/covid-19-uae-firm-to-be-mena-distributor-of-rapid-antigen-tests-that-give-results-in-10-minutes

Emirati company "G20" will be the sole supplier and distributer of the Rapid Antigen tests that gives results in a maximum of 10 minutes in the MENA region.

The announcement followed the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between G20 company and the American company PharmXGen.

The agreement was signed by Dr Mubarak Hamad Marzouq Al Ameri, chairman of the Board of Directors of G20, and Bill Henwood, president of PharmXGen, at the headquarters of G20 in Abu Dhabi.

Dr Mubarak Hamad Marzouq Al Ameri said: “We are very pleased to cooperate with the American company PharmXGen, and we will be the exclusive agent for the company’s innovative intranasal Rapid Antigen tests, as they achieve speed in showing the test results in a period of time ranging from 3-10 minutes as a maximum, with a 100 per cent efficiency. These tests have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, and they are used in the USA, the UK, Germany and a number of countries in the world.”

https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-michigan-to-require-covid-vaccinations-even-for-remote-workers-learners/

The University of Michigan will require all students and workers to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination by the end of August, according to an email sent by school officials on Friday.

The email, signed by UM President Mark Schlissel, Provost Susan Collins and others, mandates that those working and learning remotely also be vaccinated.

“Widespread vaccination is the primary and most effective tool that will bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control and it is the key to a vibrant and engaging academic year for all of us in the University of Michigan community,” the message reads.

According to the vaccine FAQ, if a student or worker fails to comply with the vaccine mandate they “will be subject to appropriate campus disciplinary measures.”

Schlissel’s office did not respond to a College Fix inquiry about why those working and learning virtually need to provide evidence of vaccination.