Wuhan: Fear for second wave rises as citizens line up for COVID-19 testing

In Wuhan, residents crowding test centres expressed concern as of May 16 that getting tested for vel coronavirus could expose m to disease. As China ramped up a testing campaign to detect asymptomatic cases, health safety among  11 million residents of Wuhan was at risk. As citizens converged on open-air test sites at clinics and or facilities, contracting disease at such sites became of primary concern. Many said, though, that y supported voluntary campaign, however, feared y could be infected, reports confirmed.  

As early as last weekend, Wuhan health authorities resort to mass test, trace, isolate after central Chinese city's first cluster of new infections emerged since country suspended lockdown on April 8. As per state media reports, fresh COVID-19 cases were recorded among people who h previously shown symptoms of disease. Hence, authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province, once epicentre of  disease, launched a citywide stringent search operation for asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus, aiming to gauge level of COVID-19 risk and eliminate cluster transmissions. 

On condition of anymity, a resident was quoted saying that Chinese nationals took to state-run social media apps to express fears and discomfort about  tests facilities across region which required people to cluster, a news report confirmed. Ors rebutted those worries, saying such comments are t supportive of government, as y worried to opine against containment measure set up by  state ministration.  

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Fear of resurgence

According to some experts, unprecedented scale of testing indicated  official level of concern and possibility of a resurgence of disease. Ors, however, questioned its effectiveness and objected to garing of crowd of people at testing sites. At one such testing kiosk, in Jianghan district in central Wuhan, a volunteer was patrolling and spraying disinfectant at a long line of people who h been asked to assemble to test for virus, a news outlet reported. 

Queuing only 1 metre apart, and standing one after or in a long line without appropriate social distancing, crowd remained oblivious of health hazards, as per media reports. In some cases, volunteer workers were t insisting that y comply with safety rms to avoid outbreak at such testing facilities. Also, many residents told international media and state-run news reporters that health officials h remained unclear wher results would be handed to  public. government in China does t publish a cumulative number of asymptomatic cases. 

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