WUHAN, June 16 (TIWN): Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province where the COVID-19 pandemic originated last December, has released the last three asymptomatic patients from medical observation after they tested negative in nucleic acid tests.

Wuhan's health commission said on Tuesday that the city had no asymptomatic cases as of Monday, and there were no more close contacts under medical observation, reports Xinhua news agency.  The commission added that the three asymptomatic cases tested negative in two consecutive nucleic acid tests before being discharged from medical observation.