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"The WHO has sent a team of international experts to China to investigate the situation, including Clifford Lane, Clinical Director at the US National Institutes of Health."
"Much of the global community is not yet ready, in mindset and materially, to implement the measures that have been employed to contain COVID-19 in China. These are the only measures that are currently proven to interrupt or minimize transmission chains in humans. Fundamental to these measures is extremely proactive surveillance to immediately detect cases, very rapid diagnosis and immediate case isolation, rigorous tracking and quarantine of close contacts, and an exceptionally high degree of population understanding and acceptance of these measures."
Noting the U.S. is still at square one -- testing to detect cases.....
Good summary here:
The WHO sent 25 international experts to China and here are their main findings after 9 days : China_Flu
Report
https://www.who.int/docs/default-so...na-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf
"Much of the global community is not yet ready, in mindset and materially, to implement the measures that have been employed to contain COVID-19 in China. These are the only measures that are currently proven to interrupt or minimize transmission chains in humans. Fundamental to these measures is extremely proactive surveillance to immediately detect cases, very rapid diagnosis and immediate case isolation, rigorous tracking and quarantine of close contacts, and an exceptionally high degree of population understanding and acceptance of these measures."
Noting the U.S. is still at square one -- testing to detect cases.....
Good summary here:
The WHO sent 25 international experts to China and here are their main findings after 9 days : China_Flu
Report
https://www.who.int/docs/default-so...na-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf