BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following is a selection of the latest China-related news published by Xinhua News Agency.
A staff member handles nucleic acid testing samples at a novel coronavirus detection lab in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Wuhan conducts nucleic acid tests for all backlog of patients
WUHAN -- Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has conducted nucleic acid tests for all backlog of patients, including those confirmed or suspected to be infected with the virus, close contacts of confirmed cases, and patients with fever, local authorities said Saturday. xhne.ws/EYiol
A staff member checks the quality of nucleic acid extraction kits at Chengdu Bio-Base Technologies Co., Ltd. in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan, Feb. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Chinese researchers develop rapid antibody test kit for coronavirus
NANJING -- Researchers with Nanjing University and Jiangsu Medomics Medical Technology Co. have jointly developed a rapid antibody test kit for the detection of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By detecting two antibodies to the virus, IgM and IgG, the kit can screen patients within 15 minutes. It has already been put into trial use in hospitals and medical centers in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, according to the company. xhne.ws/pOfaK
Medical staff work at a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy in Weinan City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
TCM aids treatments of over 60,000 COVID-19 cases in China
BEIJING -- Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has participated in the treatments of over 60,000 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China, data from the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has shown. xhne.ws/E4S6t ■