Wuhan
Municipal Health Commission said the city performed 1,146,156 tests on Saturday
alone, more than 15 times the figure on May 14, when Wuhan kicked off the
citywide testing campaign.
The Chinese
city of Wuhan conducted within 10 days 6,574,093 nucleic acid tests to screen
novel coronavirus infections.
The tests
were carried out between May 14 and 23, the local health authorities said. The
aim was to better understand the number of asymptomatic cases of the virus.
The largest
single-day number was on May 22.
Then the city
of about 10 million people performed 1,470,950 tests.
The decision
to expand the tests to cover all those who have not been tested before was made
as Wuhan continued to report asymptomatic infections.
This raised
public concerns as Wuhan reopened its factories, businesses and schools.
Prior to the
campaign, the city had completed over 3 million nucleic acid tests.
The
commission said the tests are voluntary and free of cost.
Priority was
given to residential compounds that had previously reported infections, as well
as old and densely populated buildings.
Children
under six are not advised to take the tests.
The tests
have been met with great enthusiasm from the public, with mask-wearing
residents forming long queues at improvised testing sites.
They also
maintain their physical distancing on the queues, according to Xinhua.
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