Officials in Wuhan plan to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city's entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, according to state media reports.
According to a notice carried by news outlets officials have been ordered to submit plans to administer nucleic acid tests on all residents in the city of 11 million people. "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, although it was unclear when testing would begin.
The plan come after Wuhan reported the first cluster of new Covid-19 infections since the city re-opened after a 76-day lockdown on 8