Chinese city of Wuhan to test all residents after first Covid-19 cases in over a year

New Delhi: Chinese city of Wuhan to test all residents after first Covid-19 cases in over a year, reported AFP on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, China is facing its biggest Covid outbreak since the disease first emerged there in late 2019, with the Delta variant now spreading far and wide.

Asia Times said that China’s seemingly impregnable COVID-19 firewall is springing leaks, with the country logging more local cases in 20 days than in the previous five months combined. China in May shored up its border to fence all provinces and cities to keep out the novel coronavirus after the nation largely banished the pandemic after it first emerged in the city of Wuhan, says Frank Chen writing in the Asia Times.

This is a developing story.

(With Inputs from Agency)