Jump in UP recovery because of relaxed discharge protocol
(WorldNews India)

A nearly 10 percentage point jump in the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in Uttar Pradesh in the last 10 days is being attributed to the state governments`s revised norms for the discharge of infected people from hospitals. On Wednesday, the recovery rate reached close to 70 per cent with 16,629 out of the total 24,056 coronavirus patients getting discharged from hospitals. Since June 21, when the revised norms came into effect, asymptomatic patients are being discharged after spending 10 days in hospitals, followed by home isolation for a week. Before June 21, asymptomatic patients were discharged only if their second test, taken on the 12th day from the date of the first test result,...