New type pneumonia "Patients could be three to four times as likely as announced in China"

New type pneumonia "Patients could be three to four times as likely as announced in China" 20:31 on January 28, 2005

At a hearing held by the opposition parties such as the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare over the new type of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus, a lawmaker attending asked, "Is there actually a greater number of patients than the Chinese government announced?"

In response, a Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare official said, `` Last weekend, a mathematical epidemiologist provided a figure that calculated the number of patients in China based on the number of patients abroad. The result was that it would be ok to have about three to four times as many patients, and if we didn't assume that many, we would think that the response would be delayed. "