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China will start releasing information from Wednesday on coronavirus patients who show no symptoms and order them into quarantine, a health official said on Tuesday after the Chinese mainland saw its first rise in infections in five days.
As local infections peter out and new cases surface among travelers, the existence of virus carriers with no symptoms is fueling concern that people could be spreading it without knowing they are ill.
From Wednesday, the daily report of the National Health Commission will include details of such cases for the first time, Chang Jile, a commission official, told a briefing. People in close contact with them face 14 days of medical observation.
