Medical workers from Hainan province take swab samples from residents for nucleic acid tests at a community in Jiading district of Shanghai, east China, April 6, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

SHANGHAI - Shanghai will conduct a new round of citywide COVID-19 screenings, an official told a press conference on Saturday morning.

Shanghai has built over 100 makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 treatment with over 160,000 beds, the Shanghai municipal government said

Based on the test results, the city will manage different areas according to the risk levels.  

The city has built over 100 makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 treatment with over 160,000 beds, the Shanghai municipal government said.

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There are also eight designated hospitals with over 8,000 beds in Shanghai, and more will come into operation this weekend. Resources will be further transferred to and reserved in the designated hospitals and makeshift hospitals, said Zong Ming, vice-mayor of Shanghai.

Workers work at the construction site of a temporary hospital at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai, April 8, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Shanghai reported 1,015 new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22,609 local asymptomatic carriers on Friday.

Citywide antigen testing is being carried out on Saturday and another citywide nucleic acid testing is planned to contain the epidemic, according to the press conference.