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Wuhan wraps up coronavirus tests on 10 million people
- Provincial authorities say 300 asymptomatic cases were identified in the mass screening programme
- US$126 million bill ‘totally worthwhile’, city’s deputy mayor says
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Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the pandemic coronavirus was first detected, has finished screening the city’s population for the pathogen, provincial authorities said on Tuesday.
Health workers screened about 10 million people in Wuhan between May 15 and Monday, identifying 300 asymptomatic cases but no symptomatic case, the Hubei government said.
Wuhan had previously reported one symptomatic case, a patient identified on May 18 and initially categorised as asymptomatic.
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Wuhan deputy mayor Hu Yabo said the tests cost about 900 million yuan (US$126 million) and all expenses were covered by the government.
Hu said some of the samples were tested on their own while others were screened in batches.
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The first type cost 106 yuan per person, while the second was less than half that amount per person, Hu said, without specifying how many samples were mixed.
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