Three new asymptomatic cases were reported in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday, according to the local health commission.
A 32-year-old man and his wife and mother tested positive during a routine nucleic acid testing, and the three have been sent to a designated hospital for medical observation.
The residential compound in Turpan's Gaochang District, where the cases live, has been classified as a medium-risk area for COVID-19 starting from 10 p.m. on Saturday.
Turpan's first recent asymptomatic case was a worker of a commerce company and citywide testing has begun among the close contacts of the carrier and their close contacts. So far, 103 people are under isolated observation, and their nucleic acid test results are all negative.
Nucleic acid tests were also conducted among 736 people who live in the residential compound or work in the cases' places of work. So far, all test results are negative. Authorities will test all people in Gaochang District in two days starting on Saturday.
