BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Here are the highlights of China's health news from the past week:

-- Health official stresses nucleic acid testing for overseas arrivals

Nucleic acid testing should cover all inbound personnel and those involved in transferring inbound travelers, Mi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC) said Monday.

China is facing growing pressure to prevent imported cases, Mi said, adding that the number of daily new confirmed cases worldwide exceeded 100,000 for the first time on Sunday.

-- Business travelers in China urged to be vigilant about epidemic control

Business travelers in China have been urged to be vigilant about epidemic control as business trips become necessary and the risks of COVID-19 remain.

Those who plan to travel for business should first check if new cases have been reported recently in their destination cities, said Feng Luzhao, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, at a press conference in Beijing on Sunday.

-- China sees higher rate of premarital health checkups

More than 61 percent of Chinese newlywed couples went for premarital health checkups in 2018, significantly higher than the figure of 2.7 percent in 2004, said the NHC.

More than 102 million people went for checkups across the country between 2004 and 2018.

Thanks to such checks, infectious and genetic diseases among relevant groups are better under control, said the NHC, adding that from 2004 to 2018, 8.73 million people have been diagnosed with certain diseases during the checkups. Enditem

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