BEIJING: Authorities in the Chinese city where COVID-19 emerged launched an ambitious campaign on Wednesday (May 13) to test all of its 11 million ...
"To better make use of nucleic acid tests as a monitoring tool and in accordance of the state cabinet's requirements to expand testing, we've decided after consideration to conduct testing for all residents," according to a questionnaire sent to residents of the city's Wuchang district, which has a population of about 1.2 million.
Residents of two city districts, Wuchang and Hankou, the latter with a population of more than 2.6 million, said they had been told to provide by Wednesday personal details including any history of nucleic acid tests and whether they belonged to any of 12"key groups", according to four residents and copies of questionnaires seen by Reuters.
The Wuchang district said in its notice it aimed to test all residents, but stressed testing for those in the 12 categories"must reach 100 per cent". The Wuhan government said on April 23 that the city had 53 laboratories to process tests, and 211 locations where nucleic acid tests can be done. An official at the city government's"Mayor's Hotline" confirmed the city's plan to test all residents but told Reuters there has been no notice by the city health authority about officially starting the tests.
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