China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads

BEIJING — China suspended flights and trains, canceled professional basketball league games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan on Tuesday as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019.

The cities of Nanjing and Yangzhou have canceled all domestic flights, and Beijing has halted long-distance trains from 23 stations. The Chinese Basketball Association said that matches of its men's professional league would be suspended because of the pandemic. Most of the local cases are still in Jiangsu province, where an outbreak started at the airport in Nanjing, the provincial capital, and has spread to other parts of he province and beyond. Authorities reported 45 new cases, five in Nanjing and 40 in the city of Yangzhou, 105 kilometers away, where a second round of mass testing was underway.

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China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreadsChinese authorities have announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan where the disease was first detected in late 2019. Three cases were confirmed in the city of 11 million people, its first non-imported cases in more than a year. Anyone else here that believes a Chinese city of 11 million has one case in the last 6 months? Lol These darn bats! 3 cases they test 11 million people, 1000 cases everyday Kenya/Africa we test 500 people everyday with only 1% vaccinated and life goes on😞😞
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