Saturday, February 15, 2020

Coronavirus by the numbers; wartime measures in China

14 February 2020


The World Health Organisation: 


China Measures

China has ordered strict and extraordinary measures for citizens to self-quarantine themselves or else they will be forced into central quarantine facilities.  For now, in China, almost everything in the cities are closed for the next two weeks.

Counting Incomplete

Counting is the big challenge right now because China is battling the disease rather than working on keeping accurate and up-to-date statistics and many places have no way to report centrally.  This means that, as we've observed already, the numbers will likely change abruptly and in large chunks into the future.  

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