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Wuhan on track to test all residents for covid-19

Image: Woman receives covid-19 test in Wuhan on March 31st, 2020
Image: Woman receives covid-19 test in Wuhan on March 31st, 2020 (AP)

Some were skeptical of the viability of Wuhan’s plan to test all 11 million residents within ten days, but it looks like it will be done: the city has tested 6.5 million people in less than two weeks, according to the New York Times. That’s 90 percent of the population, after including children and people who’d already lately been tested, the paper notes. According to the Times, the tests are still being processed and have uncovered 200 positive cases, so far.