Wuhan plans citywide nucleic acid testing in next 10 days

All residents in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, will be required to take nucleic acid tests(核酸检测 hésuān jiǎncè) in the next(接下来 jiē xiàlái)10 days, as the city beefs up its measures for preventing(阻止 zǔzhǐ) and controlling(控制 kòngzhì) the COVID-19 pandemic, said local authorities.

People go shopping at a mall in Wuhan, once the hardest-hit city by the coronavirus, located in central China's Hubei Province on May 4, 2020. [Photo: Visual People]

The decision(决定 juédìng) came after six new cases of coronavirus were reported in Wuhan over the weekend.

重点词汇 Key word:

[jiǎncè]检测 test; examine; check

E.g.Wǒ hái zài yīyuàn děngdài wǒ de jiǎncè jiéguǒ.

我还在医院等待我的检测结果。

I'm still waiting for my test results from the hospital.

Jiǎncè chéng yīnxìng, yīshēng shuō tā de jiànkāng zhuàngkuàng liánghǎo.

检测呈阴性,医生说她的健康状况良好。

The tests were negative and the doctor said that she was in perfect health.