China on Thursday unveiled a new trial protocol warranting re-testing of the recovered coronavirus patients besides intensifying the screening of asymptomatic cases as concerns grew over the second wave of virus infections in the country.
The move comes a day after China lifted the 76-day lockdown in Wuhan, where the pandemic originated.
China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Thursday reported 63 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, including 61
imported ones taking the total to 1,104 cases.
Two more persons were killed due to the disease, taking the death toll in the country to 3,335. The overall coronavirus cases have reached 81,865 in the country.
After nearly three months of grim battle against the coronavirus, China is fast returning to normalcy with factories and business humming back to activity amid concerns over coronavirus rebound due to a steady rise of new infections, especially coming from thousands of Chinese returning from abroad.
As the 76-day lockdown of Wuhan was lifted on Wednesday, tens of thousands of people in the city, the origin point and epicentre for the coronavirus pandemic, began travelling out by road, rail and air. China on Thursday released a new trial protocol on recovered Covid-19 patients’ quarantine which included return visits by doctors, re-testing and their health monitoring.