France said on Thursday it was launching a "large scale" coronavirus testing campaign in a bid to identify any dormant infection clusters, AFP reports.
Some 1.3 million people in the Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, will receive vouchers for a virus test, Health Minister Olivier Veran told Le Monde newspaper. Even those who display no symptoms would be eligible, he said.
People who live near previous hotspots will be targeted in a bid to identify asymptomatic carriers who may be transmitting the virus without knowing it, said the minister.
