Coronavirus tests can be difficult to come by in many countries including in hard-hit parts of the United States and Britain, but in Wuhan, the Chinese epicentre of the pandemic, they are fast, cheap and easy to get.
FILE PHOTO: A worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a construction worker for nucleic acid test in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease outbreak in China, April 7, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
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.The test, while not pleasant, took less than three seconds. At one Wuhan hospital, people only need to spit into a test tube. That test costs 260 yuan and results are available by mobile app. Since Feb. 21, 930,315 tests have been carried out in Wuhan, according to government data.
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