China News Service, Beijing, May 16 (Reporter Chen Hang) Xu Hejian, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Director of the Municipal Government Information Office, and Municipal Government Spokesperson, said at a press conference on the 16th that this round of epidemic has been carried out in Beijing for ten rounds. In the regional nucleic acid screening, sporadic hidden cases are found in each round, which proves that the social aspect has not been fully screened.

The Beijing Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic has decided to take advantage of the victory and conduct three consecutive rounds of regional nucleic acid screening in 12 districts starting today.