11 tested positive at Wuhan retirement home( 二 )
Another seven seniors and 12 staff members at the Social Welfare Institute of Wuhan were isolated at designated sites after showing possible symptoms of infection the bureau said.
The institute home about 460 seniors at the time is located across from the Huanan Seafood market where the deadly pathogen is believed to have emerged. The retirement home had been sealed off since Jan 21 as local authorities stepped up efforts to contain the outbreak.
The bureau said authorities will run nucleic acid tests — the primary method for confirming infections — for all seniors and their caregivers at the city's nursing facilities in an effort to halt spread of the virus among seniors.
