Great Britain is the European country most affected by the coronavirus. (File)
London:
Britain said on Saturday that it was suspending its daily update on the number of deaths from coronavirus after the government ordered a review of the computation of data regarding concerns that the death toll could have been exaggerated.
Academics have said that the way Public Health England (PHE), the government agency responsible for managing epidemics of infectious diseases, calculates the numbers in England, which means they can be misrepresented compared to others parts of the United Kingdom.
“Currently, the measure of daily deaths includes all those who have tested positive for the coronavirus and who have died since, without interruption between the time of the test and the date of death,” said a message on the government website. .
“There have been allegations that the absence of a cut could skew the current number of daily deaths. We are therefore suspending the publication of the daily figure while this is resolved.”
Britain has been the European country most affected by the virus, with an official death toll of more than 45,000. But the government has said international comparisons are misleading because countries report coronavirus deaths differently.
Health Minister Matt Hancock ordered a review of PSE reports on Friday after academics said patients who tested positive for coronavirus but were successfully treated would still be considered dying from the virus “even if they had a heart attack or were run over by a bus three months later. “
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