武漢，人間煉獄 XLII：Getting a coronavirus test in Wuhan is fast, cheap and easy. The Wuhan lab at the center of the coronavirus controversy

武漢，人間煉獄 XLII：Getting a coronavirus test in Wuhan is fast, cheap and easy. The Wuhan lab at the center of the coronavirus controversy
4.19.2020



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The Wuhan lab at the center of the coronavirus controversy

Nestled in the hilly outskirts of Wuhan, the city at the heart of the coronavirus crisis, a Chinese high-security biosafety laboratory is now the subject of U.S. claims it may be the cradle of the pandemic. Chinese scientists have said the virus likely jumped from ...


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At one Wuhan hospital, people only need to spit into a test tube. That test costs 260 yuan ($37) and results are available by mobile app. Since Feb. 21, over 930,000 tests have been carried out in Wuhan, according to government data.

Across China, officials are simplifying and speeding up the process to obtain a nucleic acid test, even though questions persist about accuracy.

Some Chinese doctors have pushed to raise requirements for discharging hospitalized patients from two negative nucleic acid tests to three.

A government official escorted me to the test site, a table outside the entrance of a shuttered hotel. A single medical worker sat there, dressed in a zipped-up hazmat suit and goggles.
She asked for my personal details and told me to sit. She then stuck a swab down my throat, nearly triggering a gag, and then it was over.
“You’ll get your results in about one and a half days,” the official said.