Understanding COVID-19 new diagnostic guidelines – a message of reassurance from an internal medicine doctor in Shanghai
Evelyne Bischof, Guoting Chen, Maria Teresa Ferretti
Abstract
The change in diagnostic criteria for COVID-19 diagnosis in Hubei province, released on 12 February 2020 by the National Health Commission of Hubei Province, caused a shift in the numbers of total cases from 43,000 to 60,000 overnight.
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