BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- China will step up targeted screening of people infected with the novel coronavirus but showing no symptoms, a health official said Thursday.
The surveillance for asymptomatic infections will be expanded to include close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 patients and asymptomatic patients, cluster outbreaks, and key areas and populations with high risk of infections, Wang Bin, with the National Health Commission (NHC), said at a press conference in Beijing.
Medical institutions will, with the help of communities and fever clinics, increase efforts to identify asymptomatic patients and put them under centralized quarantine in a timely manner, she said.
Wang said epidemiological investigations will be promptly conducted for asymptomatic patients, and relevant information will be released openly and transparently.
The identified asymptomatic patients will be subject to centralized medical observation for two weeks, and will be released after testing negative for the virus for two consecutive times, she added.
