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COVID-19 resurges in reopened countries; Wuhan sees first cluster in a month:
The World Health Organization on Monday called for continued vigilance as several areas that have eased lockdown restriction began to see a resurgence in COVID-19 cases—and the United States begins unbuttoning as well.
The Chinese city of Wuhan—where the pandemic began last December—saw its first cluster of cases in at least a month. The city began reopening in early April.
The cluster was just six cases: an 89-year-old symptomatic man and five asymptomatic cases. All of the infected lived in the same residential community.
[...] NPR's Emily Feng reported from Beijing that "The rise of such hard-to-detect asymptomatic cases has alarmed public health authorities in China, who have ramped up contact tracing and testing efforts."
China state media announced Tuesday that it has ordered all residents of Wuhan—roughly 11 million persons—to be tested within the next 10 days.
Likewise, the mayor of Seoul shut down bars and restaurants over the weekend—just days after South Korea had eased restrictions and allowed businesses to reopen—due to a spike of 86 new COVID-19 cases. Authorities identified a 29-year-old who visited five nightclubs and a bar while infected with the virus, sparking an outbreak of at least 54 cases, according to NPR. The uptick also led South Korean officials to delay the reopening of schools.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday May 13 2020, @10:39PM (5 children)
so something working in one country, but not in another, suggests other things were at play.
Do they respect rules more, and actually abide by them? Is this a result of being a former Soviet state? [wikipedia.org]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 13 2020, @11:12PM (2 children)
Rīga municipality values historical architecture and cityscape, so even 10-storied buildings are few and far between; and in other municipalities, land is cheap enough for not needing to build high, nor to build houses close to one another.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by PiMuNu on Thursday May 14 2020, @06:35AM (1 child)
Drawing data from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density [wikipedia.org]
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries [worldometers.info]
Rank Country Pop/km^2 Deaths/ 1 million
32 United Kingdom 280 489
51 Italy 200 514
68 France 123 415
85 Sweden 23 343
89 Spain 93 580
145 United States 34 257
I don't see much correlation with population density. Could be more abstract concepts like "architecture style". Could be worth putting in more countries. Might be worth counting "peak density" rather than average density (i.e. "lots of people in cities and sparse countryside" is probably equivalent to just "lots of people in cities"). Needs a statistician...
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @04:50PM
Total population density of the country isn't really applicable. You need city or county level data to accurately compare. NYC has a lot more than 34 people/square km.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 13 2020, @11:18PM (1 child)
Or maybe they are culturally more inclined towards the well-being of society as a whole, unlike a certain "give me liberty or give me death, me me me and fuck everybody else" nation that shall remain unnamed.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @12:06AM
Or is it your personal quirk?