The response to coronavirus has varied drastically around the world. So how has the United States' been? 'Our response is much, much worse than almost any other country that's been affected,' says Ashish Jha, who runs the Harvard Global Health Institute.
Hong Kong and Singapore were hit early with the coronavirus. But each now has fewer than 200 cases, while France, Germany and Spain, which were hit late, all have more than 10 times that number.These dramatic differences show that how governments respond to this virus matters, says"Hope is not a strategy," says Ryan, who is an epidemiologist."We are still very much in the up cycle of this epidemic.
Both Hong Kong and Singapore continue to find a few new cases each week, but they've avoided the explosive outbreaks that have occurred elsewhere., who runs the Harvard Global Health Institute, says the response to the coronavirus has varied dramatically around the world."Some countries have been very aggressive and have actually done quite a good job," he says."Other countries have been quite lackadaisical and, I think, have suffered immensely from it.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started screening overseas travelers for coronavirus in mid-January. But the initial test kits developed by the CDC were flawed, and it took weeks to sort out the problems. It's only this week that wide-scale testing has started to become available in the United States.
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