The entire population of Wuhan will be tested for coronavirus after new cases of the disease emerged, according to state media.
A notice says each officials should submit plans to carry out tests on all residents of the city, which has a population of 11 million. "Each district should make plans and arrangements to conduct nucleic acid tests on the entire population in its jurisdiction within a 10-day time limit," the notice said.
It comes after a cluster of new cases in the crisis-hit city were reported. Wuhan was the epicentre of the deadly outbreak which has killed thousands and infected more than 4million people globally.