Experts are calling for more data on asymptomatic coronavirus cases to be made available internationally to improve predictions and responses to the spread.
Asymptomatic patients are nonetheless required to go into mandatory 14-day quarantine as soon as they are identified, according to the National Health Commission.
His comments came after it was decided at a meeting with his team managing the response to launch an investigation into asymptomatic cases in the city of Wuhan where the outbreak began and Hubei province where the city is based.second wave of the disease are running high. Staff members line up at attention as they prepare to spray disinfectant at Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 24, 2020."Any additional information can help us gain a better picture of what’s going on transmission-wise, what’s going on epidemiologically," Abuelezam said.
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