The authorities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in China, plan to test city's entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state media reported on Tuesday.

All Wuhan districts have been ordered to submit plans to administer nucleic acid tests on all residents in the city of 11 million within 10 days. But an official from the Dongxihu District epidemic prevention and control commanding office told AFP that they have "not yet received news about this notice".