China changes method of counting virus infected... again


Dr Kong Yuefeng (left), a recovered Covid-19 patient who has passed his 14-day quarantine, donating plasma at a clinic in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, recently. Today is the second time in just eight days that China has revised its criteria for counting patients with the novel coronavirus. – EPA pic, February 20, 2020.

CHINA said today it has again changed the method of counting patients with the novel coronavirus and will now include only those diagnosed by sophisticated laboratory testing.

It is the second time in just eight days that the country has revised its criteria – a move that could muddle statistics and complicate efforts to track the spread of the illness.


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