The planned tests come after Wuhan reported the first cluster of new coronavirus infections since the city reopened after a 76-day lockdown on April 8.
CHECK. A worker wearing a face mask checks passengers body temperatures and a health code on their phones before they take a taxi after arriving at Hankou railway station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on May 12, 2020. Photo by Hector Retamal/AFPtests on the Chinese city's entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state media reported Tuesday, May 12.
"Each district should make plans and arrangements to conduct nucleic acid tests on the entire population in its jurisdiction within a 10-day time limit," the notice said, although it was unclear when testing would begin.since the city reopened after a 76-day lockdown on April 8. But an official from the Dongxihu District epidemic prevention and control commanding office told Agence France-Presse that they have"not yet received news about this notice."
Virus clusters have appeared recent weeks in the northeastern provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang, which border Russia.
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