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Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged late last year, has revised sharply upwards its death toll from the disease, admitting people died at home and cases were missed as hospitals struggled to cope in the early days of the outbreak.
The adjustment, detailed in a social media posting by the city government on Friday, increased the death toll by 1,290 - about 50 percent - bringing the total to 3,869. The revision brought the number of dead across China to 4,632.
The authorities said there had been late reports from medical institutions, while some patients had died at home as hospitals struggled to cope in the early stages of the outbreak.
"A surging nmber of patients at the early stage of the pandemic overwhelmed medical resources and the admission capacity of medical institutions," the Wuhan Municipal Headquarters for COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention and Control, said in a statement posted to state news agency Xinhua.
"Some patientss died at home without having been treated in hospitals. During the height of their treating efforts hospitals were operating beyond their capacities and medical staff were preoccupied with saving and treating patients, resulting in belated, missed and mistaken reporting."
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Wuhan was also revised upwards - by 325 to 50,333, the government said.
The revisions came as a number of world leaders suggested China had not been entirely open about the full domestic impact of a virus that has now killed more than 140,000 people around the world, and confined half of humanity to their homes.
In an editorial, the Global Times, a tabloid owned by the Communist Party, rejected the accusations and said the revisions were made "based on facts" and that China had not been affected by "Western noise."
"The strict review and correction of the death toll means there is no room for deliberate concealment," the paper said. "Speculation that China falsified the death toll from the coronavirus is far from the truth. China is not a country where one can fabricate data in complete disregard of the law."
Neverthless, the revisions are likely to play into the Trump administration's growing narrative of Chinese untrustworthiness, which now appears to have some support from Britain and France.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, currently standing in for Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is still recovering from the virus, said there would be "hard questions" for Beijing.
In an interview with the Financial Times, French President Emmanuel Macron said it would be "naive" to think China had handled the pandemic well, adding: "There are clearly things that have happened that we don't know about."
Beijing and Moscow have rejected the accusations, with Russian President Vladimir Putin denouncing "attempts by some people to smear China".
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...us-death-toll-50-percent-200417042241868.html
The adjustment, detailed in a social media posting by the city government on Friday, increased the death toll by 1,290 - about 50 percent - bringing the total to 3,869. The revision brought the number of dead across China to 4,632.
The authorities said there had been late reports from medical institutions, while some patients had died at home as hospitals struggled to cope in the early stages of the outbreak.
"A surging nmber of patients at the early stage of the pandemic overwhelmed medical resources and the admission capacity of medical institutions," the Wuhan Municipal Headquarters for COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention and Control, said in a statement posted to state news agency Xinhua.
"Some patientss died at home without having been treated in hospitals. During the height of their treating efforts hospitals were operating beyond their capacities and medical staff were preoccupied with saving and treating patients, resulting in belated, missed and mistaken reporting."
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Wuhan was also revised upwards - by 325 to 50,333, the government said.
The revisions came as a number of world leaders suggested China had not been entirely open about the full domestic impact of a virus that has now killed more than 140,000 people around the world, and confined half of humanity to their homes.
In an editorial, the Global Times, a tabloid owned by the Communist Party, rejected the accusations and said the revisions were made "based on facts" and that China had not been affected by "Western noise."
"The strict review and correction of the death toll means there is no room for deliberate concealment," the paper said. "Speculation that China falsified the death toll from the coronavirus is far from the truth. China is not a country where one can fabricate data in complete disregard of the law."
Neverthless, the revisions are likely to play into the Trump administration's growing narrative of Chinese untrustworthiness, which now appears to have some support from Britain and France.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, currently standing in for Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is still recovering from the virus, said there would be "hard questions" for Beijing.
In an interview with the Financial Times, French President Emmanuel Macron said it would be "naive" to think China had handled the pandemic well, adding: "There are clearly things that have happened that we don't know about."
Beijing and Moscow have rejected the accusations, with Russian President Vladimir Putin denouncing "attempts by some people to smear China".
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...us-death-toll-50-percent-200417042241868.html
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China calls for stronger testing regime to detect coronavirus
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s health authority called for a stronger and more rigorous testing regime to ensure that the new coronavirus does not escape detection, whether in travellers arriving from abroad or from other parts of the country.
All localities must improve their testing capabilities, including those at border crossings, and report any epidemic information in a timely manner, the National Health Commission cited its director Ma Xiaowei as saying. Ma made the comments on Saturday, but they were released publicly by the ministry on Monday.
China reported 12 new confirmed cases on April 19, the lowest since March 13.
Despite the downtrend, officials remain concerned about the re-emergence of local transmissions in parts of the country, including Beijing, where a central district has been re-classified as high-risk following three recent local infections.
Ma singled out the provinces of Heilongjiang and Guangdong, saying they should identify the “weak links” in their ability to prevent and control the epidemic.
Of the 82 new local infections in China in the past 14 days, northeastern Heilongjiang province accounted for 42 and southern Guangdong province for 30.
The new local cases have been driven by an influx of Chinese nationals coming home from abroad, particularly in Heilongjiang, which has seen a surge in citizens returning from Russia.
International flights to China have been slashed. In particular, flights to the Chinese capital have been diverted to other cities, some hundreds of kilometres away.
Between March 20 and April 19, 135 flights originally bound for Beijing landed in other cities, with 87% of the 29,999 passengers quarantined in the cities where they disembarked, Sun Shaohua, an official at the civil aviation regulator, told reporters on Monday.
New local cases have also been due to people arriving from central Hubei province, ground zero of the coronavirus outbreak in China, as well as infected people who until recently had shown no symptoms such as a fever or a cough.
TOUGHER QUARANTINE
The southwestern Guangxi region on Monday further tightened already tough quarantine rules to isolate potential virus carriers.
All people entering Guangxi from overseas will be subject to 14 days of quarantine at a centralised location and 14 days of self-quarantine at home subsequently.
They also need to take two nucleic acid tests and one antibody test, according to a statement posted on the Guangxi health commission’s social media account.
Before entering Guangxi, people who have lived or travelled to areas classified as high-risk or medium-risk in China in the past 14 days must show negative nucleic acid test results, and the tests must have been conducted within the past seven days.
As of Sunday, mainland China had a total of 82,747 confirmed cases and 4,632 deaths.
On Sunday, it reported eight imported cases in people arriving from abroad, down from nine on the previous day.
Four new cases of local infections were reported on Sunday, including three in Heilongjiang and one in Inner Mongolia.
China also reported 49 new asymptomatic cases, up from 44 a day earlier.
China does not include asymptomatic cases, or people who test positive for the virus but do not exhibit clinical symptoms such as a fever, in its official tally of confirmed cases.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...l-idUSKBN22201Z?taid=5e9d71905a107f0001b4c62b
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s health authority called for a stronger and more rigorous testing regime to ensure that the new coronavirus does not escape detection, whether in travellers arriving from abroad or from other parts of the country.
All localities must improve their testing capabilities, including those at border crossings, and report any epidemic information in a timely manner, the National Health Commission cited its director Ma Xiaowei as saying. Ma made the comments on Saturday, but they were released publicly by the ministry on Monday.
China reported 12 new confirmed cases on April 19, the lowest since March 13.
Despite the downtrend, officials remain concerned about the re-emergence of local transmissions in parts of the country, including Beijing, where a central district has been re-classified as high-risk following three recent local infections.
Ma singled out the provinces of Heilongjiang and Guangdong, saying they should identify the “weak links” in their ability to prevent and control the epidemic.
Of the 82 new local infections in China in the past 14 days, northeastern Heilongjiang province accounted for 42 and southern Guangdong province for 30.
The new local cases have been driven by an influx of Chinese nationals coming home from abroad, particularly in Heilongjiang, which has seen a surge in citizens returning from Russia.
International flights to China have been slashed. In particular, flights to the Chinese capital have been diverted to other cities, some hundreds of kilometres away.
Between March 20 and April 19, 135 flights originally bound for Beijing landed in other cities, with 87% of the 29,999 passengers quarantined in the cities where they disembarked, Sun Shaohua, an official at the civil aviation regulator, told reporters on Monday.
New local cases have also been due to people arriving from central Hubei province, ground zero of the coronavirus outbreak in China, as well as infected people who until recently had shown no symptoms such as a fever or a cough.
TOUGHER QUARANTINE
The southwestern Guangxi region on Monday further tightened already tough quarantine rules to isolate potential virus carriers.
All people entering Guangxi from overseas will be subject to 14 days of quarantine at a centralised location and 14 days of self-quarantine at home subsequently.
They also need to take two nucleic acid tests and one antibody test, according to a statement posted on the Guangxi health commission’s social media account.
Before entering Guangxi, people who have lived or travelled to areas classified as high-risk or medium-risk in China in the past 14 days must show negative nucleic acid test results, and the tests must have been conducted within the past seven days.
As of Sunday, mainland China had a total of 82,747 confirmed cases and 4,632 deaths.
On Sunday, it reported eight imported cases in people arriving from abroad, down from nine on the previous day.
Four new cases of local infections were reported on Sunday, including three in Heilongjiang and one in Inner Mongolia.
China also reported 49 new asymptomatic cases, up from 44 a day earlier.
China does not include asymptomatic cases, or people who test positive for the virus but do not exhibit clinical symptoms such as a fever, in its official tally of confirmed cases.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...l-idUSKBN22201Z?taid=5e9d71905a107f0001b4c62b
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LOL. The virus originated from there and infected thousands but yet they're the only major country - with 1.5 billion people at that - to barely report new cases day after day. Very believable.
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, now has no remaining cases of the infection in its hospitals, a health official has told reporters.
"The latest news is that by April 26, the number of new coronavirus patients in Wuhan was at zero, thanks to the joint efforts of Wuhan and medical staff from around the country," National Health Commission spokesman Mi Feng said at a briefing.
The city had reported 46,452 cases, 56 percent of the national total. It saw 3,869 fatalities, or 84 percent of China's total.
"The latest news is that by April 26, the number of new coronavirus patients in Wuhan was at zero, thanks to the joint efforts of Wuhan and medical staff from around the country," National Health Commission spokesman Mi Feng said at a briefing.
The city had reported 46,452 cases, 56 percent of the national total. It saw 3,869 fatalities, or 84 percent of China's total.
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Coronavirus: Schools start reopening in China's biggest cities
Older students in China's biggest cities are starting to return to school following the coronavirus outbreak.
Shanghai welcomed back pupils in their final years of middle and high school, while Beijing allowed students preparing for China's university entrance exam in July to return.
Schools in other parts of China re-opened several weeks ago.
Wuhan, the city where the outbreak began late last year, is set to reopen high schools on 6 May.
The country says it has largely curbed the spread of the disease. China has reported an increase of just 26 confirmed cases since Friday, bringing the total number to 82,830. All coronavirus patients in Wuhan have now been discharged, Beijing says.
However, there are still fears of a possible second wave of infection, and social distancing measures are being strictly enforced, with students wearing masks and sitting at a distance from each other.
In Hangzhou, one headmaster was taking no risks with his young charges. Pictures emerged of the pupils at Yangzheng Primary School wearing specially adapted hats to make sure they didn't forget to keep their distance:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Students at Yangzheng Primary School in Hangzhou wear DIY “one-meter hats” on the first day of the new semester. The headmaster said the initiative aims to help students get accustomed to social distancing amid the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> pandemic. (Photos courtesy of Zhejiang Daily) <a href="https://t.co/PdzYLidHst">pic.twitter.com/PdzYLidHst</a></p>— Sixth Tone (@SixthTone) <a href="https://twitter.com/SixthTone/status/1254413687902912520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
In Beijing on Monday, some students were met by people wearing full hazmat suits. The Ministry of Education said the capital's returning pupils would have their temperatures taken on arrival at school gates and must show that they have a "green" code on an app which calculates their risk before being allowed back to class.
Beijing has still got some of the country's strictest restrictions in place, including making new arrivals to the city spend two weeks in quarantine.
According to the BBC's Stephen McDonell in Beijing the cautious approach to re-opening schools in the capital has been part of a process of trying to make sure it can host the National People's Congress, the Communist Party's most important annual gathering. It has already been delayed for several months.
Meanwhile, the foreign ministry has denied Beijing is spreading disinformation, following a report by the European Union.
The bloc's External Action Service says Russia, and to a lesser extent China, have "targeted conspiracy narratives" in the EU and neighbouring countries.
But spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters China was "victim of disinformation, not an initiator", according to news agency Reuters.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52441152
Older students in China's biggest cities are starting to return to school following the coronavirus outbreak.
Shanghai welcomed back pupils in their final years of middle and high school, while Beijing allowed students preparing for China's university entrance exam in July to return.
Schools in other parts of China re-opened several weeks ago.
Wuhan, the city where the outbreak began late last year, is set to reopen high schools on 6 May.
The country says it has largely curbed the spread of the disease. China has reported an increase of just 26 confirmed cases since Friday, bringing the total number to 82,830. All coronavirus patients in Wuhan have now been discharged, Beijing says.
However, there are still fears of a possible second wave of infection, and social distancing measures are being strictly enforced, with students wearing masks and sitting at a distance from each other.
In Hangzhou, one headmaster was taking no risks with his young charges. Pictures emerged of the pupils at Yangzheng Primary School wearing specially adapted hats to make sure they didn't forget to keep their distance:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Students at Yangzheng Primary School in Hangzhou wear DIY “one-meter hats” on the first day of the new semester. The headmaster said the initiative aims to help students get accustomed to social distancing amid the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> pandemic. (Photos courtesy of Zhejiang Daily) <a href="https://t.co/PdzYLidHst">pic.twitter.com/PdzYLidHst</a></p>— Sixth Tone (@SixthTone) <a href="https://twitter.com/SixthTone/status/1254413687902912520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
In Beijing on Monday, some students were met by people wearing full hazmat suits. The Ministry of Education said the capital's returning pupils would have their temperatures taken on arrival at school gates and must show that they have a "green" code on an app which calculates their risk before being allowed back to class.
Beijing has still got some of the country's strictest restrictions in place, including making new arrivals to the city spend two weeks in quarantine.
According to the BBC's Stephen McDonell in Beijing the cautious approach to re-opening schools in the capital has been part of a process of trying to make sure it can host the National People's Congress, the Communist Party's most important annual gathering. It has already been delayed for several months.
Meanwhile, the foreign ministry has denied Beijing is spreading disinformation, following a report by the European Union.
The bloc's External Action Service says Russia, and to a lesser extent China, have "targeted conspiracy narratives" in the EU and neighbouring countries.
But spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters China was "victim of disinformation, not an initiator", according to news agency Reuters.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52441152
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Wuhan reports first new case in weeks
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak started, has reported its first new case of Covid-19 for more than a month.
The case is one of 14 new infections reported by China’s National Health Commission. The patient, a 89-year-old man, is in critical condition and had previously been asymptomatic before testing positive, local media reported.
The man's local residential community has been put under tight restrictions following the diagnosis, according to the reports.
China has reported a total of 82,901 cases and 4,633 deaths from Covid-19. Tight lockdown restrictions appear to have brought the spread under control.
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak started, has reported its first new case of Covid-19 for more than a month.
The case is one of 14 new infections reported by China’s National Health Commission. The patient, a 89-year-old man, is in critical condition and had previously been asymptomatic before testing positive, local media reported.
The man's local residential community has been put under tight restrictions following the diagnosis, according to the reports.
China has reported a total of 82,901 cases and 4,633 deaths from Covid-19. Tight lockdown restrictions appear to have brought the spread under control.
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Wuhan in first Coronavirus cluster since end of lockdown
New coronavirus clusters have been reported in Wuhan city - where the virus first emerged - and the north-eastern province of Jilin in China.
Wuhan reported five new cases on Monday, after confirming its first case since 3 April on Sunday.
Authorities said the small cluster of cases were all from the same residential compound.
China has been easing restrictions in recent weeks and cases had been declining.
Health authorities and experts have warned that as countries emerge from strict lockdowns and people move around more freely, a rise in infections is likely.
The small Wuhan cluster is the first to emerge since the end of the strict lockdown on 8 April. One of the five cases reported on Monday was the wife of an 89-year-old man who became the first confirmed case in the city in well over a month on Sunday.
All of the latest cases were previously classified as asymptomatic - meaning they tested positive for the virus but were not exhibiting clinical signs such as a cough or fever.
Such people can spread the virus despite not being sick, but China does not count asymptomatic cases in its official tally of confirmed infections until they show symptoms.
Hundreds of asymptomatic cases are being monitored by Wuhan health authorities.
Meanwhile over the weekend, Shulan city in Jilin province, near the borders with Russia and North Korea, reported 11 new cases.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52613138
New coronavirus clusters have been reported in Wuhan city - where the virus first emerged - and the north-eastern province of Jilin in China.
Wuhan reported five new cases on Monday, after confirming its first case since 3 April on Sunday.
Authorities said the small cluster of cases were all from the same residential compound.
China has been easing restrictions in recent weeks and cases had been declining.
Health authorities and experts have warned that as countries emerge from strict lockdowns and people move around more freely, a rise in infections is likely.
The small Wuhan cluster is the first to emerge since the end of the strict lockdown on 8 April. One of the five cases reported on Monday was the wife of an 89-year-old man who became the first confirmed case in the city in well over a month on Sunday.
All of the latest cases were previously classified as asymptomatic - meaning they tested positive for the virus but were not exhibiting clinical signs such as a cough or fever.
Such people can spread the virus despite not being sick, but China does not count asymptomatic cases in its official tally of confirmed infections until they show symptoms.
Hundreds of asymptomatic cases are being monitored by Wuhan health authorities.
Meanwhile over the weekend, Shulan city in Jilin province, near the borders with Russia and North Korea, reported 11 new cases.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52613138
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Wuhan draws up plans to test all 11 million residents in 10 days
The Chinese city of Wuhan is drawing up plans to test its entire population of 11 million people for Covid-19, state media report.
The plan appears to be in its early stages, with all districts in Wuhan told to submit details as to how testing could be done within 10 days.
It comes after Wuhan, where the virus first emerged, recorded six new cases over the weekend.
Prior to this, it had seen no new cases at all since 3 April.
Wuhan, which was in strict lockdown for 11 weeks, began re-opening on 8 April.
For a while it seemed like life was getting back to normal as schools re-opened, businesses slowly emerged and public transport resumed operations. But the emergence of a cluster of cases - all from the same residential compound - has now threatened the move back to normalcy.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52629213
The Chinese city of Wuhan is drawing up plans to test its entire population of 11 million people for Covid-19, state media report.
The plan appears to be in its early stages, with all districts in Wuhan told to submit details as to how testing could be done within 10 days.
It comes after Wuhan, where the virus first emerged, recorded six new cases over the weekend.
Prior to this, it had seen no new cases at all since 3 April.
Wuhan, which was in strict lockdown for 11 weeks, began re-opening on 8 April.
For a while it seemed like life was getting back to normal as schools re-opened, businesses slowly emerged and public transport resumed operations. But the emergence of a cluster of cases - all from the same residential compound - has now threatened the move back to normalcy.
'The ten-day-battle'
According to report by The Paper, quoting a widely circulated internal document, every district in the city has been told to draw up a 10-day testing plan by noon on Tuesday.
Each district is responsible for coming up with its own plan based on the size of their population and whether or not there is currently an active outbreak in the district.
The document, which refers to the test plan as the "10-day battle", also says that older people and densely populated communities should be prioritised when it comes to testing.
However several senior health officials quoted by the Global Times newspaper indicated that testing the entire city would be unfeasible and costly.
Peng Zhiyong, director of the intensive care unit of the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, instead that testing was instead likely to be targeted at medical workers, vulnerable people and those who'd had close contacts with a case.
Another Wuhan University director suggested that a large percentage of Wuhan's population - around 3-5 million - had already been tested, and Wuhan was "capable" of testing the remaining 6-8 million in a 10-days period.
To put the goal into context, the US now conducts around 300,000 tests each day, according to the White House. So far, it's tested almost 9 million people in total.
On Chinese social media site Weibo, people have been raising questions about whether such a large number of tests can be carried out in just a matter of days.
"It is impossible to test so many people," said one commenter, who also questioned how much it would cost.
Another said that such tests should have been carried out before Wuhan re-opened its doors to the rest of China.
According to report by The Paper, quoting a widely circulated internal document, every district in the city has been told to draw up a 10-day testing plan by noon on Tuesday.
Each district is responsible for coming up with its own plan based on the size of their population and whether or not there is currently an active outbreak in the district.
The document, which refers to the test plan as the "10-day battle", also says that older people and densely populated communities should be prioritised when it comes to testing.
However several senior health officials quoted by the Global Times newspaper indicated that testing the entire city would be unfeasible and costly.
Peng Zhiyong, director of the intensive care unit of the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, instead that testing was instead likely to be targeted at medical workers, vulnerable people and those who'd had close contacts with a case.
Another Wuhan University director suggested that a large percentage of Wuhan's population - around 3-5 million - had already been tested, and Wuhan was "capable" of testing the remaining 6-8 million in a 10-days period.
To put the goal into context, the US now conducts around 300,000 tests each day, according to the White House. So far, it's tested almost 9 million people in total.
On Chinese social media site Weibo, people have been raising questions about whether such a large number of tests can be carried out in just a matter of days.
"It is impossible to test so many people," said one commenter, who also questioned how much it would cost.
Another said that such tests should have been carried out before Wuhan re-opened its doors to the rest of China.
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Wuhan carries out 1.4 million tests in one day
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the new coronavirus first emerged late last year, tested 1,470,950 people for the disease on Friday, health officials said.
Earlier this month, city authorities set themselves the ambitious target of testing the entire 11 million population in less than two weeks. They believe it is the best way to ensure the safe reopening of businesses and schools.
The campaign aims to find asymptomatic carriers - people who are infected but show no outward sign of being ill.
The number of daily tests has gradually been ramped up. On 18 May the city conducted 467,847 nucleic acid tests and by Thursday that daily figure had risen to more than one million.
It comes as China reported no new confirmed cases on the mainland for the first time since the outbreak began. The country has recorded more than 84,000 infections and 4,600 deaths.
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the new coronavirus first emerged late last year, tested 1,470,950 people for the disease on Friday, health officials said.
Earlier this month, city authorities set themselves the ambitious target of testing the entire 11 million population in less than two weeks. They believe it is the best way to ensure the safe reopening of businesses and schools.
The campaign aims to find asymptomatic carriers - people who are infected but show no outward sign of being ill.
The number of daily tests has gradually been ramped up. On 18 May the city conducted 467,847 nucleic acid tests and by Thursday that daily figure had risen to more than one million.
It comes as China reported no new confirmed cases on the mainland for the first time since the outbreak began. The country has recorded more than 84,000 infections and 4,600 deaths.
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How can they possibly carry out so many tests in one day :s Sure, they can help other struggling countries too of they can test at such pace.
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Wuhan tests more than a million in a day
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began, conducted well over 1 million nucleic acid tests on Saturday, the local health authority said.
A total of 1.1 million tests were administered, down from 1.4 million the day before.
A new mass testing drive started following the emergence of a cluster of new infections. Authorities had originally promised to test all 11 million people in 10 days.
A wet market in Wuhan is believed to be the source of Covid-19, which has claimed the lives of more than 341,000 globally.
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began, conducted well over 1 million nucleic acid tests on Saturday, the local health authority said.
A total of 1.1 million tests were administered, down from 1.4 million the day before.
A new mass testing drive started following the emergence of a cluster of new infections. Authorities had originally promised to test all 11 million people in 10 days.
A wet market in Wuhan is believed to be the source of Covid-19, which has claimed the lives of more than 341,000 globally.
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Mass-testing in Wuhan accomplished, China says
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where Covid-19 was first discovered, have confirmed that the two-week programme to test the city’s entire population was “successful”.
The Hubei provincial health commission said that between 14 May and 1 June it tested 9.89 million people. Wuhan’s population is regularly cited as being around 11 million. You can read about Wuhan's mass testing drive here.
The official People’s Daily newspaper said that about 300 people tested positive for the virus but had exhibited no symptoms (approximately 0.003%).
It said that 900m yuan ($126m; £100m) was spent on the tests. The deputy mayor of Wuhan has confirmed that the government will foot the bill.
Wuhan was the original epicentre of the virus outbreak, with more than 50,000 confirmed cases. Its citizens spent 76 days in lockdown during the peak of the outbreak.
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where Covid-19 was first discovered, have confirmed that the two-week programme to test the city’s entire population was “successful”.
The Hubei provincial health commission said that between 14 May and 1 June it tested 9.89 million people. Wuhan’s population is regularly cited as being around 11 million. You can read about Wuhan's mass testing drive here.
The official People’s Daily newspaper said that about 300 people tested positive for the virus but had exhibited no symptoms (approximately 0.003%).
It said that 900m yuan ($126m; £100m) was spent on the tests. The deputy mayor of Wuhan has confirmed that the government will foot the bill.
Wuhan was the original epicentre of the virus outbreak, with more than 50,000 confirmed cases. Its citizens spent 76 days in lockdown during the peak of the outbreak.
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Beijing district in 'wartime emergency' after virus cluster at major food market
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing district put itself on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism and sports events on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID-19.
Forty-five people out of 517 tested with throat swabs at the Xinfadi market in the city’s southwestern Fengtai district had tested positive for the coronavirus, Chu Junwei, a district official, told a briefing.
None were showing symptoms of COVID-19, he said, but added that 11 neighbourhoods in the vicinity of the market, which claims to be the largest agricultural wholesale market in Asia, had been locked down with 24-hour guards put in place.
“In accordance with the principle of putting the safety of the masses and health first, we have adopted lockdown measures for the Xinfadi market and surrounding neighbourhoods,” Chu said.
The district is in a “wartime emergency mode,” he added.
The closure of the market and new restrictions come as concerns grow about a second wave of the pandemic, which has infected more than 7.66 million people worldwide and killed more than 420,000.
They also underline how even in countries which have had great success in curbing the spread of the virus, clusters can sometimes easily arise.
The entire Xinfadi market was shut down at 3 a.m. on Saturday (1900 GMT on Friday), after two men working at a meat research centre who had recently visited the market were reported to have the virus. It was not immediately clear how they had been infected.
On Saturday, market entrances were blocked and police stood guard. Beijing authorities had earlier halted beef and mutton trading at the market and had closed other wholesale markets around the city.
They plan for more than 10,000 people at the Xinfadi market to take nucleic acid tests to detect coronavirus infections.
According to the Xinfadi website, more than 1,500 tonnes of seafood, 18,000 tonnes of vegetables and 20,000 tonnes of fruit are traded at the market daily.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...us-cluster-at-major-food-market-idUSKBN23K03V
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing district put itself on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism and sports events on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID-19.
Forty-five people out of 517 tested with throat swabs at the Xinfadi market in the city’s southwestern Fengtai district had tested positive for the coronavirus, Chu Junwei, a district official, told a briefing.
None were showing symptoms of COVID-19, he said, but added that 11 neighbourhoods in the vicinity of the market, which claims to be the largest agricultural wholesale market in Asia, had been locked down with 24-hour guards put in place.
“In accordance with the principle of putting the safety of the masses and health first, we have adopted lockdown measures for the Xinfadi market and surrounding neighbourhoods,” Chu said.
The district is in a “wartime emergency mode,” he added.
The closure of the market and new restrictions come as concerns grow about a second wave of the pandemic, which has infected more than 7.66 million people worldwide and killed more than 420,000.
They also underline how even in countries which have had great success in curbing the spread of the virus, clusters can sometimes easily arise.
The entire Xinfadi market was shut down at 3 a.m. on Saturday (1900 GMT on Friday), after two men working at a meat research centre who had recently visited the market were reported to have the virus. It was not immediately clear how they had been infected.
On Saturday, market entrances were blocked and police stood guard. Beijing authorities had earlier halted beef and mutton trading at the market and had closed other wholesale markets around the city.
They plan for more than 10,000 people at the Xinfadi market to take nucleic acid tests to detect coronavirus infections.
According to the Xinfadi website, more than 1,500 tonnes of seafood, 18,000 tonnes of vegetables and 20,000 tonnes of fruit are traded at the market daily.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...us-cluster-at-major-food-market-idUSKBN23K03V
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