Wuhan screens nearly 10 million people in citywide Covid-19 tests

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Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province tested 9,899,828 people between May 14 and June 1 in a citywide drive to screen novel coronavirus infections, according to a press conference on Tuesday. No confirmed Covid-19 cases were found in the process, said Lu Zuxun, a professor with Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Meanwhile, 300 asymptomatic cases were found and quarantined, none of which turned into confirmed Covid-19 cases. All the 1,174 people in close contact have tested negative for the infection, according to Lu. On May 14, the city launched a campaign to offer nucleic acid tests...