(Yicai Global) Oct. 13 -- Eastern China's Qingdao is planning to test all of its 9 million residents in five days after detecting six new Covid-19 cases right after the eight-day National Day holiday ended.

Test results will be disclosed in a timely manner, the city's health commission announced yesterday. The port city in Shandong province received nearly 4.5 million tourists over the holiday period that came to an end on Oct. 8.

The six confirmed cases and six asymptotic ones that were discovered by 11 p.m. on Oct. 11 were all linked to the Qingdao Chest Hospital. The facility was closed that day.

Qingdao has launched its emergency response to make sure that the epidemic, which was already almost squashed in China, would not spread farther.

Residents were lining up at community checkpoints to get tested for free.

Testing carried on till late in the evening.

Editor: Emmi Laine