NSTworld Virus death toll soars as China changes counting methods
As the figures soared in China, a troubling new front opened abroad as neighbouring Vietnam placed 10,000 people under quarantine after six Covid-19 cases were discovered in a cluster of villages -- the first such lockdown overseas.
Another 14,840 people were confirmed to be infected in Hubei alone, with the new cases and deaths by far the biggest one-day increases since the crisis began. China had been praised by the WHO for its transparent handling of the outbreak, in contrast to the way it concealed the extent of the deadly SARS virus epidemic in 2002-2003.
"It is not clear if the problem up to now, on this issue, was lack of transparency or simply bad medical practice," Crane said.
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