China

Time for China to align with global practice in counting coronavirus cases




In a government statement about the latest Covid-19 outbreak in China’s Kashgar city on Tuesday, there were five confirmed cases but a further 178 without symptoms tested positive.The seemingly contradictory report relates to China’s unique definition of Covid 19 confirmed cases since February, which excludes positive patients who are asymptomatic or presymptomatic. The 178 people who tested positive are not counted as confirmed cases, although some will be included later when they show…



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