A city in northeast China has started testing all of its residents for COVID-19, the second city in the country that launched such mass testing following the hardest-hit Wuhan.

Mass test for COVID-19 in northeastern city of China

The Uttar Pradesh government said today that the number of coronavirus cases rose to 1,955 on Monday in Uttar Pradesh out of which 1,589 cases were active. Also Read: 1,396 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hrs in India "31 patients have lost their lives due to the disease while 335 others have been cured," the state's principal health secretary Amit Mohan Prasad said.

ICMR asks states not to use coronavirus kits from two China-based firms

Countries who are struggling to contain COVID-19 earlier complained of faulty testing kits and now sources in the Indian Health Ministry have confirmed too that Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits that were received from China have failed quality tests.

Coronavirus: India joins the league of nations that receive faulty kits from China

There is a worldwide scramble for medical gear to fight coronavirus. Masks, gowns, ventilators and the most important - testing kits. They are all in short supply.

India, several other nations receive faulty coronavirus test kits from China