Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, partly reopened on March 28 after more than two months of near total isolation for its population of 11 million. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images) CHINA - Just as China is about to lift travel restrictions in Wuhan—the city considered to be the country’s one-time epicenter of the coronavirus—Beijing has reported an increase in asymptomatic cases there, which raises new concerns about a second wave of infections.
Reuters reported late Sunday that the country’s National Health Commission identified 78 new cases considered asymptomatic. There were 47 the day before.