Sunday, 9 February 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (39): China, global, false negative NAT tests, WHO

Coronavirus -- China
China's ability to control a rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic is under further strain amid fears that a key test used to confirm new cases is failing to catch large numbers of people with the disease. Problems with so-called nucleic acid tests (NATs) widely used to identify the presence of the previously unknown pneumonia-causing virus make it likely that many infections are going uncounted even as the number of confirmed cases continues to spiral.
Authorities are still struggling to

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6972103&promed&0

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