China on alert: in Wuhan, they carried out 11.2 million tests in five days to contain a new coronavirus outbreak

In just five days, authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began, carried out more than 11 million tests on its population in an attempt to contain a new outbreak of Covid-19 caused by the Delta variant, more contagious and native to India.

In total, 11,230,000 samples for nucleic acid testing, authorities cited by the state news agency reported Xinhua.

The city, capital of Hubei province, in the center-west of the country, launched on August 4 a new campaign of tests for all of its population.

Results from 10.8 million samples, according to the report, are already available. Health workers are always checking and confirming tests, he said. Li Yang, deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

“Almost complete coverage has been provided“To all residents of Wuhan, except children under the age of six and students on vacation abroad,” said Li Tao, deputy secretary general of the local government.

How many cases are reported

The authorities decided to carry out this massive test after the appearance of new cases of coronavirus for the first time in more than a year and before the worrying advance of the Delta variant throughout the country.

The initiative started last Tuesday and included the mobilization of more than 28,000 health workers.

Meanwhile, the city put 157 residential communities under closed-loop managementLi said at a press conference organized by the Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Bureau.

Wuhan, with a population of over 12 million, was affected by the virus in early 2020. The city was the first in the world to conduct a comprehensive campaign of nucleic acid testing last year, a he declared. Xinhua.

The city had not reported a case of local transmission for more than a year until seven people will test positive the new coronavirus on August 2. Hubei registered on Friday nine confirmed cases locally transmitted diseases and 15 asymptomatic, according to the Provincial Health Commission.

Six of the cases of local transmission, still according to the report by the Chinese state news agency, were reported in the provincial capital, Wuhan. Three more were detected in Jingmen City.

At the same time, the 15 asymptomatic cases are transmitted locally, including 10 patients discovered in Wuhan.

Until Friday, authorities reported 47 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Hubei, including 31 local broadcasts. In addition, there are 64 asymptomatic cases under medical observation, including 38 local infections.