Wuhan Orders Testing of All City Residents to Contain Virus’s Spread

A worker scans a passenger’s cell-phone app generated health code as well as screens his body temperature before the passenger can take a taxi at Hankou railway station in Wuhan, China on May 12, 2020. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images

The central Chinese city of Wuhan is requiring nucleic acid tests for the CCP virus for all residents, totaling more than 10 million. Authorities plan to complete testing within 10 days.

Due to the timing of China’s upcoming “Lianghui” political meeting on May 21, some analysts believe authorities want to conduct widespread testing in order to avoid any infected officials from traveling to Beijing for the conference.