- Indonesia set to overtake China in COVID-19 case numbers, but many can't afford to pay for tests https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-18/indonesia-covid-19-new-normal-commercialisation-test/12459496 4 comments worldnews
- WHO: Nine times as many new coronavirus cases outside China than inside https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/485494-who-nearly-9-times-more-coronavirus-cases-were-reported-outside-china-than 21 comments worldnews
- Undetected cases, many likely not severely symptomatic, were responsible for the rapid geographic spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Study shows 86% of all infections were undocumented prior to Jan 23, 2020 travel restrictions. http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/stealth-transmission-geographic-spread-sars-cov-2-coronavirus-08232.html 3 comments science
- Undetected cases, many of which were likely not severely symptomatic, were largely responsible for the rapid spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Government control efforts have reduced the rate of spread of the virus in China; after travel restrictions it spread less quickly https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/cums-tf031520.php 16 comments science
- The first coronavirus case in Australia with no links to China has been confirmed, with as many as 40 people now at risk of exposure to the virus after the infected woman worked at a Gold Coast shopping centre https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-new-queensland-case-has-no-links-to-china/news-story/fc98ec3693b61e9be3c42cf0c6e7792b 194 comments worldnews