BEIJING, April 9 — China took new measures on Wednesday to try to prevent asymptomatic “silent carriers” of the new coronavirus from causing a second wave of infections, as the country reported another modest rise in confirmed cases. Mainland China reported 63 new infections on Wednesday, up...
People wearing face masks enjoy a picnic at a park during Chinese Qingming festival holiday in Beijing, amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease in the country, China April 6, 2020. — Reuters pic
Aside from curbing an influx of infected travellers from abroad, China’s other concern is managing asymptomatic people, or virus carriers who exhibit no clinical symptoms such as a fever or a cough. China reported 56 new asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of such cases to 657 since data for such infections were published daily from April 1.
Earlier this week, a new function appeared on Tencent’s ubiquitous WeChat mobile platform allowing people to check if they have ever sat on trains and planes near an asymptomatic carrier who later became a confirmed case.
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