gattaca Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Quote A county in central China has been put under lockdown again after a flare-up in coronavirus cases, pointing to the difficulty of sustaining outbreak containment in the face of carriers who show no signs of sickness. Jia county, whose population numbers around 640,000, issued a directive on Wednesday asking all residential compounds to be sealed off and those visiting and leaving homes to produce identity cards, wear masks and submit to temperature checks. Car traffic will also be limited. The move came after residents were unnerved by an incident in which a woman was infected after she visited a doctor who carried the virus but showed no signs of being sick. Researchers are finding that these stealthy carriers can play an outsized role in spreading the pathogen to others, since there’s no easy way to tell they’re infected. Many countries, especially those with limited testing capacity, do not give people tests unless they show symptoms like fever and cough. China has officially declared its epidemic contained after reported new cases fell to zero on March 19, but there’s growing concern over a second wave both domestically and in travelers arriving at its border. The U.S. intelligence community has also concluded that China under-reported both total cases and deaths it’s suffered from the disease in a classified report given to the U.S. government. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/chinese-county-back-under-lockdown-after-infection-re-emerges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gattaca Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 The biggest problem with this virus it is very deceiving. A county in central China has been put under lockdown again after a flare-up in coronavirus cases, pointing to the difficulty of sustaining outbreak containment in the face of carriers who show no signs of sickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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