All residents in the Chinese city of Wuhan are to be tested for coronavirus after new cases of the virus were recorded recently, authorities have said.
Over the weekend, six new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Wuhan – the place where the virus first emerged. The latest cases to be recorded are the first since April 3.
According to reports from state-run media publication The Paper, every district has been told to create a 10-day testing plan for its residents, being referred to as the “10-day battle”.
“We must profoundly realise that decisive achievements do not mean decisive victory,” Wang Zhonglin, a member of Hubei Province’s standing committee, told the Changjiang Daily.
“And that downgrading the emergency response does not mean downgrading defence.
“We must not be careless, paralysed and lax.”
After a strict, 76-day lockdown, safety measures in Wuhan began to ease from April 8 and it appeared life in the city was slowly getting back to normal. However, the six new cases have posed a threat to normality in the city once again.