Doctors of the Chinese city of Wuhan, where in December 2019 began a coronavirus pandemic, re-checked the population on COVID-19, writes RIA Novosti.
Test decision was made after the Uhani found several cases of coronavirus infection. On Sunday, experts completed a check that lasted five days. They almost completely covered the population, testing took place 11.28 million people. According to Deputy Secretary of the Government of Uhanny Lee Tao, the city studied the data of all, with the exception of children under six years old and students who left for the summer holidays.
On Saturday, August 7, the Uhanny authorities reported on 37 cases of COVID-19. In addition, they revealed 42 asymptomatic carrier infection. A member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Chen Xiaoping noted that this time the outbreak of coronavirus in Uhani did not lead to the widespread virus. The local government indicated that testing was carried out more than 28 thousand medical workers.
Thanks to the strict restrictive measures, China was able to quickly take control of the distribution of COVID-19 in the country. For several months, doctors have not revealed local cases of infection. Coronavirus found only among the citizens coming from other countries. Despite this, on July 20, the Chinese authorities announced an outbreak of the virus in Nanjing. Then in the city identified cases of infection among the staff of the city international airport Lukou. Local authorities spent several times the PCR testing of the entire nine millionth population.