Why there’s an uptick in novel coronavirus Infections

Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the latest in the global situation regarding the novel coronavirus. He examines the reason for the increase in cases

February 15, 2020 by Newsclick

Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha explains why there is a sudden uptick in the numbers of those affected by the Novelcoronavirus, now known as Covid-19, in China. Chinese authorities have adopted a new way to catch these infections. The Chinese authorities have gone all out to control the spread of Covid-19, which has caused an unprecedented epidemic, whose scale intensity and rate of infection is strictly not comparable with previous epidemics.