A handful of newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, were reported this week. This follows more than a month of no confirmed local infections. The new cases have the Chinese government moving forward today with a sweeping new plan of mass testing — all this while top US scientists are raising alarm bells over the need for a more aggressive response here. The World’s Elana Gordon has the latest.
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