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COVID-19 Resurges in Reopened Countries; Wuhan Sees First Cluster in a Month

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 13 2020, @08:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-completely-unexpected dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:

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.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pav on Tuesday May 19 2020, @10:09PM (7 children)

    by Pav (114) on Tuesday May 19 2020, @10:09PM (#996588)

    For Sweden having their system white-anted by "steath privatisation" (despite more explicit privatisation failure) is the definition of full neoliberal.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday May 19 2020, @10:17PM (6 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 19 2020, @10:17PM (#996593) Journal
    Again, where is this privatization? Most of the services are public as is most of the funding.

    • (Score: 2) by Pav on Tuesday May 19 2020, @11:36PM (5 children)

      by Pav (114) on Tuesday May 19 2020, @11:36PM (#996620)

      In that case perhaps the US government should nationalise all your health care providers and insurers while keeping everything superficially the same then.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday May 20 2020, @02:14AM (4 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 20 2020, @02:14AM (#996670) Journal

        In that case perhaps the US government should nationalise all your health care providers and insurers while keeping everything superficially the same then.

        Because that works, right? Some changes are so fundamental, you can't keep things even superficially the same (which BTW doesn't mean much).

        • (Score: 2) by Pav on Wednesday May 20 2020, @05:57AM (3 children)

          by Pav (114) on Wednesday May 20 2020, @05:57AM (#996764)

          Perhaps they could, I don't know... give free healthcare to the jobless, and a tax break to everyone else in July. You'd love it.

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday May 20 2020, @06:02AM (2 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 20 2020, @06:02AM (#996765) Journal
            They already do give health care to the jobless (via Medicaid) and gave out a tax break. We'll see if the US can afford it or if we'll see a bout of "austerity" in the US's future.

            • (Score: 2) by Pav on Wednesday May 20 2020, @06:42AM (1 child)

              by Pav (114) on Wednesday May 20 2020, @06:42AM (#996773)

              You wanted the tax break to go straight to the top? In that case your system already suits you just fine.