China’s ambitious programme to test the entire population of Wuhan for the coronavirus is a boost to confidence for the central Chinese city as it gets back to business but more data is needed for scientists to understand the value of the tests, according to specialists.
Since mid-May, authorities had collected samples from more than 9 million Wuhan residents and completed tests on 6.5 million of those samples, Hubei Daily reported last week. So far, 291 asymptomatic cases and one confirmed case of Covid-19 – the disease caused by the virus – have been detected, according to the report.
He also said that the low number of asymptomatic cases discovered helped give residents and businesses confidence to reopen the economy and remove the stigma against the city’s population. Jin said mass testing, which was expensive, was carried out “out of sociological, or psychological concerns, instead of scientific purposes”.But he urged the government to publish more data about the tests and their results because the information released so far explained little about the disease in Wuhan.
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