HealthDay Reports: Test of 10 Million in Wuhan Finds Few Infections

June 04, 2020
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Only 300 cases were found, and all were asymptomatic and did not appear to be infecting others.

Test of 10 Million in Wuhan Finds Few Infections

WEDNESDAY, June 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Few new COVID-19 infections were found in the 10 million residents of Wuhan, China, after testing, the Associated Press reports.

Only 300 cases were found, and all were asymptomatic and did not appear to be infecting others as tests of their more than 1,100 contacts showed.

"It not only makes the people of Wuhan feel at ease, but it also increases people's confidence in all of China," Feng Zijian, M.D., M.P.H., vice director of China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told state broadcaster CCTV, the AP notes.

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