Coronavirus: Hong Kong experts say newly detected old infections ‘shouldn’t count’ towards city’s main Covid-19 tally

Previous Covid-19 infections that still produce positive readings for the coronavirus should be recorded separately from newly transmitted ones as a way of boosting Hong Kong’s prospects for reopening borders, according to infectious diseases experts.Dr Leung Chi-chiu on Monday suggested that two recently discovered infections involving domestic helpers, who he believed both contracted the coronavirus some time ago, should not be included in the city’s overall case tally.One of those infections…

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