Faculty and students of Shanghai University of Engineering Science get tested
A photo posted by a Weibo user shows nucleic acid testing on the Songjiang campus of Shanghai University of Engineering Science on Saturday.
The Shanghai University of Engineering Science is carrying out nucleic acid tests among some faculty and students.
In an emergency notice released on Saturday, the university said the tests are arranged according to requirements of the city's pandemic control authorities.
Faculty members and students who have been to a canteen, certain classrooms and experiment rooms at certain times in the past week were required to take the tests at the square in front of the library and information center on its Songjiang campus.
The faculty was also asked to bring along daily necessities for two days.
Shanghai reported three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Thursday.
It's not the only university affected by the latest local COVID-19 outbreak. Fudan University's Jiangwan Campus was put under lockdown on Thursday, with faculty and students tested thoroughly. With all results negative, the campus reopened on Saturday morning.
