LONDON, July 18 — Britain said today it was pausing its daily update of the death toll from the coronavirus after the government ordered a review into the calculation of the data over concerns the toll might have been exaggerated. Academics have said the way that Public Health England (PHE), the...
A shopper wears a face mask in Old Bond Street, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in London, Britain, July 18, 2020. — Reuters pic
Academics have said the way that Public Health England , the government agency responsible for managing infectious disease outbreaks, calculates the figures in England means they may be distorted compared to other parts of the United Kingdom. “There have been claims that the lack of cut-off may distort the current daily deaths number. We are therefore pausing the publication of the daily figure while this is resolved.”
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