About half a million people may have caught Kovid-19 in Wuhan



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The CNN report included the results of a study conducted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the framework of the investigation, 34 thousand people from the provinces of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Ciangsu, Sichuan and Liaoning, as well as the epicenter of the epidemic, the city of Wuhan and other cities in Hubey province, in order of estimating actual case rates one month after the first wave of Kovid-19 in China was controlled. blood sample was taken.

PREVENTION RATE 4.43 PERCENT

Experts noted that the prevalence rate for Kovid-19 antibodies was 4.43 percent in those living in Wuhan, a metropolis of 11 million, and this rate remained at 0.44 in those tested in other cities. from Hubey province.

Among more than 12,000 people tested in other cities and states, only 2 people had Kovid-19 antibodies.

The researchers inferred that the 4.43 antibody prevalence rate found in Wuhan residents would mean 10 times the official figures in the city at the time, meaning 500,000 people could have contracted Kovid-19.

The Wuhan Municipality Health Commission announced that the number of Kovid-19 cases in the city was 50,354.

The Chinese city of Wuhan had been cut off from the outside world, with all flights, trains and buses canceled and roads closed as of January 23, in an unprecedented way, to contain the rapid spread of Kovid-19. .

During the 76 days of isolation in Wuhan, residents were not even allowed to buy groceries.

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