Lines of socially distanced people formed at makeshift testing sites set up under tents in parking lots, parks, and residential communities as it rained in the metropolis of 11 million people.
Nervous residents of China’s pandemic epicenter of Wuhan queued up across the city to be tested for the coronavirus on Thursday after a new cluster of cases sparked a mass screening campaign
“This is a good thing. It’s a way to be responsible toward others and to yourself,” a 40-year-old man told AFP after completing the process.
More than 3,800 people have died from COVID-19 in the city, accounting for the vast majority of fatalities in China.
The quarantine was only fully lifted in early April, and life is returning to normal.
But Wuhan was given a fresh jolt when several new local infections emerged last weekend after more than a month in which none were reported.
Men, women, children and the elderly filed forward to medical workers in head-to-toe white protective suits and plastic face shields, who recorded their personal details before quickly jabbing a swab into the backs of their throats.
