China Revises Wuhan Death Toll by 50% Regarding Coronavirus
Posted on 04/17/2020
The Chinese government doubled the official number of deaths in Wuhan attributed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The death toll was raised from 2,579 to 3,869. Globally, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, the number of cases of COVID-19 reached to 2.18 million on Friday with 147,384 fatalities.
The United States has the most cases at 672,246, with 33,318 deaths. New York City remains the American epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic.
WHO: There’s no evidence antibody tests show immunity
Geneva-based World Health Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, issued a warning about coronavirus testing. The warning is that there is no evidence serological tests, or antibody tests, can show whether a person has immunity or no longer at risk of becoming reinfected.
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, informed reporters at a press conference in Geneva, “These antibody tests will be able to measure that level of serology presence, that level of antibodies, but that does not mean that somebody with antibodies,” are immune.
She added, “Right now, we have no evidence that the use of a serological test can show that an individual is immune or protected from reinfection.”