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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2022
China reveals 1,541 symptom-free virus cases

Coronavirus chronicle

TBS Report
31 March, 2020, 05:20 pm
Last modified: 31 March, 2020, 06:21 pm

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China reveals 1,541 symptom-free virus cases

People who test positive for the virus but don’t have any symptoms are not classified as confirmed cases in China

TBS Report
31 March, 2020, 05:20 pm
Last modified: 31 March, 2020, 06:21 pm
A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks near an overpass with an electronic board showing stock information, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks near an overpass with an electronic board showing stock information, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

China said the country detected 1,541 people infected with the novel coronavirus who do not have symptoms under observation.

The much-anticipated announcement provides a deeper picture of the scale of the country's epidemic, reports Bloomberg.

The statement did not clear if that number was only of people currently in medical quarantine or if it included those who were symptom-free but have since recovered and been released.

205 of the reported were found among people entering China from overseas, according to a statement on China's National Health Commission website.

Total count of confirmed Covid-19 infections in China stands at more than 81,000. However, the vast majority have recovered and been released.

China still has 2,161 cases in hospital as of March 30, according to health commission data.

The publication of the number of asymptomatic infections comes a day after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged local officials to prioritize efforts to track and expand the screening of symptom-free carriers amid a growing chorus of domestic and international criticism of China's data on the outbreak.

People who test positive for the virus but don't have any symptoms are not classified as confirmed cases in China. This runs counter to the practice in countries like South Korea, Japan and Singapore, where all patients who test positive are included in official tallies of total cases, regardless of whether they have symptoms such as a fever or cough.

China says it tracks and quarantines asymptomatic cases and reclassifies them as confirmed cases if and when they develop symptoms. But concern over China's refusal to disclose the number of symptom-free carriers has grown as researchers have found that these patients can play an out-sized role in spreading the pathogen to others, since there's no easy way to tell they're sick.

Cases not showing symptoms are typically found only if people are tested because they have been in close contact with confirmed cases, in cluster infections and through contact tracing. Countries with limited testing capacity are more likely to not track symptom-free cases as testing is usually reserved for those with obvious symptoms.

Asymptomatic virus infections cases are still being found even after China said its daily confirmed case tally hit zero for the first time two weeks ago, local magazine Caixin reported.

It fueled doubt over whether the epidemic that broke out in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December is truly over.

Proportion of people that are infected but do not display symptoms remains unclear, early signs are that it could be a substantial number and that these stealthy carriers are still infectious -- a key reason why the pandemic has spread so widely across the world in a short time.

Almost a third of the people in China who test positive showed delayed symptoms or none at all, the South China Morning Post reported earlier this month, citing classified data from the Chinese government.

20 percent of those who tested positive for the virus in South Korea end up showing no symptoms at all during their hospital stays, according to the country's Centers for Disease Control chief, Jung Eun-kyeong.

According to an earlier statement released on the website of the State Council, China's top administrative body, stepping up control of asymptomatic cases will help reduce loopholes in the country's epidemic control efforts.

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