Chinese authorities announce mass testing for coronavirus in Wuhan

Reported by the Associated Press.

The cities of Nanjing and Yangzhou canceled all domestic flights, and Beijing suspended long-distance trains from 23 stations.

In addition, the Chinese Basketball Association announced that matches of the men's professional league will be suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The reason for such decisions was the increase in the number of cases of coronavirus disease.

So far, Chinese authorities have reported 45 new cases of COVID-19, five in Nanjing and 40 in Yangzhou City.

Earlier it became known that more than 1.65 billion vaccinations were made in China against the coronavirus infection COVID-19.

In late July, the UN called on China to work with WHO on the origin of the coronavirus.