After Wuhan, another city orders mass testing

Beijing, June 4

A Chinese city close to

the Russian border has ordered Covid-19 tests for all 2.8 million residents, becoming the second city in the country after Wuhan, the first virus epicentre, conducted mass testing of its entire population, state-media reported on Thursday.

According to the China’s National Health Commission (NHC), one imported case was reported in Guangdong province on Wednesday.

Also, four new asymptomatic cases were reported in the country. In all, 326 asymptomatic cases, including 245 in Wuhan were under quarantine, it said. As of Wednesday, the overall confirmed cases in the country reached 83,022.

Of the total, 69 patients were still being treated, 78,319 had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 people died of the disease, the report said.

Meanwhile, Mudanjiang city in China’s Heilongjiang province bordering Russia has ordered tests for its 2.8 million people, official media here reported.

Some of the cities in the province registered clusters of infections in April and May. — PTI