South Korea has won global praise for swiftly making coronavirus tests widely available and has already tested more than 394,000 people.
South Korea has won global praise for swiftly making coronavirus tests widely available and has already tested more than 394,000 people. It has found 9,583 infected people. Japan, a country whose population of about 127 million, has conducted more than 48,000 tests on approximately 28,000 people and found 1,724 cases.
Under government guidelines in Japan, patients who are not elderly are advised not to even visit a doctor unless their fever persists for four days, and they cannot get tested without a doctor’s recommendation.
Japan says inaccurate tests can do more harm than good. Last week, Spain stopped using test kits imported from China after finding they had an accuracy rate of only 30 percent.
Under government guidelines in Japan, patients who are not elderly are advised not to even visit a doctor unless their fever persists for four days, and they cannot get tested without a doctor’s recommendation.
Japan says inaccurate tests can do more harm than good. Last week, Spain stopped using test kits imported from China after finding they had an accuracy rate of only 30 percent.
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