Wuhan tests over 11.28 mn people for Covid-19 in five days

Authorities in Wuhan the capital of Chinarsquos Hubei province where the pandemic originated in 2019 have completed a round of allinclusive nucleic acid testing in five days to contain the latest Covid19 resurgence officials saidMore than 1128 million residents have been tested for the novel Coronavirus during the citywide testing that began on August 3 Li Tao deputy secretarygeneral of the Wuhan municipal government told a press conference on SundayThis means a ldquobasically full coveragerdquo of all residents in Wuhan except for children under six and university students away on summer vacation Xinhua news agency quoted Li as sayingThe mass testing was launched after new locally transmitted infections emerged among several migrant workers on August 2 By August 7 Wuhan had registered 37 locally transmitted confirmed cases and 41 asymptomatic carriers in the latest outbreakPeng Houpeng deputy director of the municipal health commission said nine of the infections were found in the mass screening of residential compounds under closedoff management while the other cases were found among quarantined close contactsLast year Wuhan completed a comprehensive nucleic acid testing campaign during which it tested nearly 10 million residents in 19 daysSpl passes in France for travel to enter eateriesA waiter checks a customerrsquos Covid19 health pass at the entrance of a restaurant in Strasbourg France PicAFPPeople in France are now required to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass to enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country The measure is part of a government plan to encourage more people to get the vaccine and to slow down a surge in infections as the highly contagious Delta variant now accounts for most cases in France Over 36 million people in France or more than 54 per cent of the population are fully vaccinated The special pass is issued to people who are vaccinated against Covid19 who have proof of recent recovery from the virus or who have a recent negative testCambodia reports 58 new Delta casesCambodiarsquos Ministry of Health announced that another 58 new cases of the Delta Covid19 variant were detected taking the kingdomrsquos total number of such infections to 385 Laboratory testing conducted by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia found the variant in 51 local people including four health workers and seven labourers returning from neighbouring Thailand the MoH said in a statementNZ completes 22 mn vaccinationsMore than 22 million doses of the Covid19 vaccine have been administered in New Zealand including 138 million first and 820000 second doses said the Ministry of Health A total of 20209 doses were administered on Sunday mdash 15601 first doses and 4608 second doses ministry statistics showed New Zealand reported two new cases in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities158106No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours203017277Total no of cases worldwide4299016Total no of deaths worldwideThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever