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Post-lockdown SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening in nearly ten million residents of Wuhan, China.

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Post-lockdown SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening in nearly ten million residents of Wuhan, China.
["Cao S", "Gan Y", "Wang C", "Bachmann M", "Wei S", "Gong J", "Huang Y", "Wang T", "Li L", "Lu K"]
Nature communications PubMed DOI
Abstract

Stringent COVID-19 control measures were imposed in Wuhan between January 23 and April 8, 2020. Estimates of the prevalence of infection following the release of restrictions could inform post-lockdown pandemic management. Here, we describe a city-wide SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening programme between May 14 and June 1, 2020 in Wuhan. All city residents aged six years or older were eligible and 9,899,828 (92.9%) participated. No new symptomatic cases and 300 asymptomatic cases (detection rate ...

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