China launches widespread survey to tackle asymptomatic virus cases

China has launched an epidemiological survey in nine regions, including hardest-hit Hubei Province, to evaluate the full scale of asymptomatic infections with the novel coronavirus and population immunity levels, the official China Daily newspaper reported Wednesday.In Wuhan, Hubei's provincial capital and the original epicenter of the outbreak, 11,000 of its 11 million population will undergo both nucleic acid tests using throat swabs to detect asymptomatic infections and tests for antibodies in blood samples to determine if individuals have developed immunity to the coronavirus.On Tuesday…READ FULL ARTICLE