shanghai chinese ecommerce giants alibaba group holding ltd and jd have each launched booking services for covid19 tests the companies announced the services have been launched as china accelerates testing for the illness and the city of wuhan the initial epicentre of the outbreak opens up from lockdown users searching for coronavirus nucleic acid test in taobao or tmall alibabas two main ecommerce sites are directed to a page offering appointments at nearby sites prices depend on the city with tests in shanghai costing 180 yuan 2542 and tests in beijing costing 258 yuan they are available in nine cities but alibaba intends to extend this advt jdcom one of alibabas main rivals in china launched a similar booking platform last week for tests in beijing on saturday the beijing authorities ordered individuals leaving wuhan and returning to residences in beijing to take a nucleic acid test before their quarantine ends several cities and provinces have also announced that coronavirus testing would be available to citizens on a voluntary basis instead of only those required to be tested by the government because of their travel history many other countries battling the coronavirus have faced a dire shortage of test kits in hospital facilities diagnostic companies inside and outside of china are attempting to ramp up research production of test products reuters published on apr 23 2020 at 1210 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app ecommerce alibaba group coronavirus outbreak online shopping taobao china jd tmall coronavirus testing homenewschinese ecommerce giants alibaba jd offer bookings for covid19 tests