Saturday, February 29, 2020

Italy will not report "Asymptomatic people who test positive" for Covid_19

Nei prossimi giorni i dati sulle persone colpite dal coronavirus in Italia si abbasseranno o resteranno stabili dopo giorni di crescita a ritmo sostenuto. Il cambiamento non sarà però dovuto, probabilmente e purtroppo, a una diminuzione della circolazione del virus ma a un nuovo sistema di calcolo dei casi.

L’idea del ministero è quindi quella di non comunicare più agli organismi internazionali che fanno i conti dell’epidemia tutti i casi asintomatici, cioè di persone che sono positive al tampone ma non hanno alcun problema di salute. Questi contagiati rappresentano tra il 40 e il 50% dei tutti i casi segnalati in questo momento.


Translated it reads:

In the coming days, data on people affected by coronavirus in Italy will be lowered or will remain stable after days of growth at a rapid pace. However, the change will not be due, probably and unfortunately, to a decrease in the circulation of the virus but to a new system of case calculation.

The idea of the ministry is therefore to no longer communicate to the international bodies that deal with the epidemic all asymptomatic cases, that is, of people who are positive to the tampon but have no health problem. These infected account for between 40 and 50% of all reported cases at this time.

https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/02/28/news/cambia_il_metodo_di_conteggio_esclusi_i_positivi_asintomatici-249765660/?refresh_ce

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Friday, February 28, 2020

Amid testing concerns, US officials unveil new coronavirus test kits and streamline commercial development

The CDC sent test kits earlier in the outbreak to public health labs around the country, but those kits were problematic, CDC officials have since said, and potentially inaccurate. Because local clinicians can’t depend on the test kits, some have had to ship samples to a laboratory with the ability to run the tests, delaying the process of diagnosis and treatment.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/amid-testing-capacity-concerns-cdc-unveils-new-coronavirus-test-kits.html