BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): Since the outbreak of Covid-19) in Central China's Wuhan city, rumours and disinformation about the disease have been spreading, even more quickly than the virus. To dispel fake news and present the truth, here we list some of the rumours spread extensively.
The novel coronavirus has evolved into two major subtypes, according to latest research findings by Chinese scientists.
Tong Zhaohui, vice-president of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, said patients who test positive again after recovery from the virus are not"reinfected" or"relapsed". They test positive again because a bit of the virus still remains in their bodies when they are discharged from the hospital. It takes some time for the virus to be eradicated from the bodies of some patients, especially seniors.
There have been 55,924 lab confirmed cases as of Feb 20. The median age is 51, with the majority of cases aged between 30-69 years, according to the Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 . In an open letter published in Lancet on Feb 18,27 health experts from across the world condemned conspiracy theories surrounding the novel coronavirus.
The same is true with Vitamin C. Many believe that Vitamin C is able to improve immunity, which health experts said is scientifically groundless.
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