China again changes the method of counting COVID-19 patients
Source: MercoPress
It is the second time in 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.
It is the second time in 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.
China said on Thursday it has again changed the method of counting patients with COVID-19 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.
Chinese health officials last week said patients from Hubei province and its capital Wuhan - the epicenter of the outbreak - who had been diagnosed via clinical methods including lung imaging would be added to the count in addition to those confirmed by lab studies.
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