Officials in Hubei said they were broadening their definition for Covid-19 cases by including people "clinically diagnosed" with the virus in the daily tally. This means officials can use lung imaging on suspected cases to diagnose the virus, rather than the standard nucleic acid tests. China has been praised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for its transparent handling of the outbreak, in contrast to the way it concealed the extent of the SARS virus. But it has faced continued scepticism among the global public, with suggestions that there may be similarities with the way it dealt with the 2002-2003 outbreak. The biggest cluster of cases outside China is on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan's coast.

Source: The Star February 13, 2020 01:52 UTC