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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Wuhan is the city where the corona virus was first reported. The city has a higher number of cases than has been reported so far.
Studies by health authorities in Wuhan say that about 4.4 percent of the 11 million local residents have developed Corona antibodies.
Quoted from France24, This represents an estimated 480,000 COVID-19 infections, nearly 10 times the official count of 50,000 cases in the city.
As quoted by detik, China has often received criticism regarding the handling of the Corona pandemic both from within and outside the country. Including efforts to silence reporters of COVID-19 cases at the beginning of the outbreak and delays in case management.
On Monday, resident journalist Zhang Zhan was jailed for four years for reporting on conditions inside Wuhan during the height of the coronavirus outbreak.
“Discrepancies revealed by the CDC data may suggest the possibility of unreported cases due to the chaos of late January and early February, when many people who did not take the Corona test were not accurately tested. from Covid-19, “Huang Yanzhong of global health told the Council on Foreign Relations. (CFR), told AFP.
Qin Ying, a serology expert at the CDC, told AFP on Wednesday that the discrepancies in the data are not unique to China.
“Several countries have published similar serological surveys and, in most cases, the number of people with antibodies against the coronavirus is several times greater than the number of confirmed cases. Therefore, this type of discrepancy is a widespread phenomenon.” Qin said.
The CDC added that only 0.44 percent of the population in central Hubei province were
Wuhan, which shows antibodies to COVID-19, suggests that the city’s 77-day lockdown may have helped prevent Corona from spreading.
The findings of a survey of more than 34,000 people across the country that took place in April were only released on Monday night.
China does not include asymptomatic cases in its official count, which could also explain the difference between the total confirmed cases and the actual number infected. The total number of cases in China stood at 87,027 with 4,634 deaths, according to data from the National Health Commission on Wednesday.
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