Massive covid-19 detection operation in Wuhan ended after dozens of new cases emerged

Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan (center) said on Sunday they had concluded the massive covid-19 detection operation, after the emergence of several cases more than a year after the virus was first detected in this city.

The the test of more than 11 million people since Tuesday has given “virtually complete coverage” to everyone in the city with the exception of children under six and students on vacation, senior Wuhan official Li Tao said at a press conference, according to the Chinese state news agency. Xinhua.

On Saturday, the city recorded 37 local covid-19 infections and had 41 asymptomatic carriers virus in the last round of tests, he said Xinhua.

Local authorities announced last week that they had detected seven cases of local transmission among migrant workers in Wuhan. These infections ended a year without local infections, after the first viral outbreak that forced an unprecedented lockdown of the city in early 2020.

According to the authorities, In this massive campaign, more than 28,000 health workers were deployed to some 2,800 points.

China reduced national cases to virtually zero after the city first emerged from the coronavirus in late 2019, allowing the economy to recover and life to return largely to normal.

Corn New outbreak put that record in jeopardy as the fast-spreading Delta variant reaches dozens of cities after infections among cleaners at Nanjing airports They have sparked a chain of cases that have been reported across the country.

Since, China has confined residents of entire cities to their homes, cut domestic transport links, and implemented massive testing as he fights the epidemic, the largest in months.

Beijing also tightened restrictions on overseas travel for its citizens as part of efforts to contain the increase in cases.

The immigration authority of China said on Wednesday it would stop issuing ordinary passports and other documents needed to leave the country. in “non-essential and non-urgent” cases.

This this still does not mean a general travel ban for the Chinese public.

(With information from AFP)

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