Dan
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Australia & New Zealand are in summer time in January & February. So the warmer temperature & humidity help in dampening the virus spreading.
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Australia & New Zealand are in summer time in January & February. So the warmer temperature & humidity help in dampening the virus spreading.
“As Singapore has shown, even successful countries can have another wave if precautions are relaxed,” says Melbourne University Professor John Mathews, a former deputy chief medical officer to the Australian government. “Even good strategies can fail due to bad luck.”
How about Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand?Australia & New Zealand are in summer time in January & February. So the warmer temperature & humidity help in dampening the virus spreading.
How about Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand?
Summer hasn't arrived in HK and Republic of China yet.
*cough*japan*cough*It is really hard to see how more tests can be bad......unless you are actively trying to find as few cases as possible so your numbers look good.....hmmmm, I wonder.......
Malaysia will indeed extend lockdown into May. It is a muslim country and the fasting month of Ramadan has just begun. At the end of the fasting month is the festival of Eid Al-Fitr. Lockdown will be ended just before Eid.
Look at the countries that are closest to Thailand in population:
Iran - 84 million
Germany - 84 million
Thailand - 70 million
UK - 68 million
France - 65 million
Source: Population by Country (2020) - Worldometer
Now compare the Covid-19 infection and death rates for these countries as of a few moments ago:
Iran - 87,026 and 5,481
Germany - 153,129 and 5,575
Thailand - 2,839 and 50
UK - 138,078 and 18,783
France - 158,183 and 21,856
Source: Coronavirus Update (Live): 2,725,920 Cases and 191,061 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer
America has a population of about 330 million. This is about 5 times more than Thailand. Multiply Thailand's Covid-19 infection and death numbers and compare them with America's numbers.
Anyone who picks on Thailand to criticise their Covid-19 response is ABSOLUTELY STARK RAVING DELUSIONAL.
I think timing has a part in it. Catch it early. The other may be adequacy of testing.I haven't been able to understand how Thailand's numbers could be so low. I'm completely baffled.