China won’t report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shift
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China won’t report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shift

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country’s departure from some of the world’s strictest antivirus policies. A notice on the National Health Commission’s website on Wednesday said it stopped publishing daily figures on asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since it was “impossible to accurately grasp” the number of those infections, which have generally accounted for the vast majority of new cases. “They made a complete 180-degree turn without even going through a transitionary period.” Zhu, who refused to provide his full name to speak on what could be seen as a sensitive topic in China, said he wasn’t able to find a test after developing a sore throat and a fever. Without asymptomatic cases being counted, China reported just 2,249 “confirmed” infections Wednesday, bringing the nation’s total to 369,918 — more than double the level on Oct. 1.

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