Authorities in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began were moving forward with efforts to test all 11 million residents for the virus within 10 days after a handful of fresh infections were found there.

District health commissions and neighbourhood committees in the city of Wuhan have been told to develop a plan to test all residents in their jurisdictions, local media reports said.

The directive also said the testing should focus on the elderly, densely populated areas and places with mobile populations.

A person who answered the mayor’s hotline in Wuhan on Wednesday said local districts had been given 10 days to carry out the tests. The official declined to give his name because she was not authorized to speak to reporters.

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