BEIJING -- China's National Health Commission on Oct 12 sent a working group to Qingdao City in east China's Shandong Province to guide COVID-19 epidemic control.

Qingdao has reported six new confirmed cases and the same number of new asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 since fresh infections emerged in the city over the weekend, the municipal health commission said early on Monday.

The city is conducting citywide nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 over five days.