After the crop up of new cases in China, the Chinese government has drawn up a near-impossible testing of all the 11 million Wuhan residents. The city in Hubei province where the virus is said to have originated first, had very few to no cases recorded until this weekend.
China’s overall toll has been recorded at 84,000 cases and more than 4,600 deaths during the pandemic.
In the wake of this, the authorities of Wuhan have started drafting an action plan that could enable them to potentially test all the 11 million residents of the district. They have been given a 10-day ultimatum to hold a nucleic acid test, possibly between 13th and 20th May. They aim to complete the testing process by the 17th so as to have a three-day buffer to fill out any ‘missing gaps’. Caixin Global reported that the tests, spanning between this week and the next, will be carried out by hospital authorities as well as Disease Control professionals.
The possibility of a resurgence of the virus has triggered massive testing since it shares borders with Russia and North Korea. The former turned recorded the highest number of cases yesterday. There are also cities where people have returned from abroad and have been kept under strict lockdown to contain the spread.