FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly President Diosdado Cabello holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
CARACAS (Reuters) - A powerful Venezuelan official is seeking an investigation of the nation's academy of scientists for publishing research that questioned official figures on coronavirus cases and estimated the pandemic may hit the country hard in the coming months.
Venezuela's Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences in a report https://acfiman.org/2020/05/08/estado-actual-de-la-epidemia-de-la-covid-19-en-venezuela-y-sus-posibles-trayectorias-bajo-varios-escenarios published this month said official figures of 440 cases and 10 deaths appeared inconsistent with the COVID-19 epidemic, and that the country could register 4,000 cases daily as early as June.
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