China's Wuhan to test residents for COVID-19, official says

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3-08-2021, 09:38

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China's central city of Wuhan will test all residents as it screens them for coronavirus infections, city government official Li Tao told a news briefing on Tuesday.
The measures came after the city, where the virus first surfaced late in 2019, reported three domestically transmitted confirmed cases for Aug 2.
The National Health Committee of China said that mainland China recorded 90 new confirmed cases of Corona virus today, Tuesday, compared to 98 cases the day before.
The committee indicated that 61 of the new infections are local, compared to 55 local infections the day before, and 41 new asymptomatic cases were recorded, and China does not classify asymptomatic cases as confirmed infections cases.
The total number of infected cases in China reached 93,193 cases, while the number of deaths remains 4,636.

Source: Reuters