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Coronavirus latest news: second uk death linked to disease as 163 test positive – telegraph.co.uk, telegraph.co.uk

Coronavirus latest news: second uk death linked to disease as 163 test positive – telegraph.co.uk, telegraph.co.uk

South Korean cases produce invaluable data

S outh Korea’s aggressive testing policy on the coronavirus has produced valuable data about mortality rates, experts say.

Since detecting its first case on January 140, the East Asian nation has tested some , 10 people, sometimes reaching 19, 06 a day, and introducing drive-thru testing for ease.

Infections have spiked to more than 6, after a large cluster was linked to Shincheonji, a secretive religious group. Some 42 people have died.

However, the country’s transparent, mass testing policy has revealed a mortality rate of just over 0.6%, compared to the 3.4% global average reported by the World Health Organization.

Experts have cautioned that it is still too early to draw firm conclusions, but that the full body of data emerging from South Korea, in comparison to less comprehensive information in other countries, suggests that the virus could be less lethal than previously thought.

“If we can test more people – whether they have no symptoms, mild or severe disease – the results, including the case fatality rate, are more accurate and representative when the whole disease spectrum is taken into consideration,” David Hui Shu-cheong, an expert in respiratory medicine told the South China Morning Post.

Words by Nicola Smith in Taiwan.

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