A Facebook post falsely claims WHO has changed its guidance on PCR testing and that asymptomatic individuals will no longer count as COVID-19 cases.

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“PCR testing and sequencing are totally different things,” Stephanie Brickman said in an email to Reuters on behalf of the World Health Organisation, “It’s not that one is more accurate ...

A Facebook post falsely claims WHO has changed its guidance on PCR testing and that asymptomatic individuals will no longer count as COVID-19 cases.