Coronavirus 2.0? China may test all 11 mn Wuhan residents in next 10 days

The Chinese authorities are planning to test all 11 million residents of Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus pandemic first broke out.

No official announcement has been made, but district officials confirmed receiving marching orders from the city's coronavirus task force, news agency PTI reported.

It remained unclear if and how such a monumental testing campaign would happen.

The short order came after the discovery last weekend of a cluster of six infected people at a residential compound in the city, the first new cases in more than a month.

China has moved quickly to snuff out new outbreaks wherever