63% of Infected Patients Undetected by Airport Screeninghttps://cmmid.github.io/ncov/airport_screening_report/airport_screening_preprint_2020_01_28.pdfAlmost two-thirds of airport screening tests fail to detect people with coronavirus, according to new research.Researchers at the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have modelled the effectiveness of screening based on estimates of the incubation period and sensitivity of detection techniques.
They found are using “generally conservative assumptions” more than 63% of infected patients do not get detected. A paper on the research warned that such screening “is only achievable if the rate of asymptomatic infections that are transmissible is negligible, screening sensitivity is almost perfect, and the incubation period is short.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/BQuilty/status/1222271221582221313We've made an interactive tool to visualise the effectiveness of airport screening for detecting #2019nCoV cases. Adjust travel times, incubation period length, screening sensitivities and more at
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China Coronavirus: the Philippines, India Confirm First CasesA 38-year-old Chinese woman, who arrived in the Philippines from Wuhan on January 21, has tested positive for the virus
And in India, a student who returned from the Chinese city at the epicentre of the outbreak has also been placed in isolation in a hospital in Kerala state
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Russia closes its border with ChinaRussia is closing its border with China to prevent the spread of coronavirus and will stop issuing electronic visas to Chinese nationals, AFP reports.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told a government meeting that the order had been signed “to take measures to close the border (with China) in the Far East”.
“We have to do everything to protect our people,” he said.
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China Coronavirus: Hong Kong Prisoners To Work Through the Night To Boost Mask Production To 70,000 a dayBut source inside administration says extra supplies will be for government use
Inmates at Lo Wu Correctional Institution currently produce about 45,000 masks daily
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China Coronavirus: US Agriculture Secretary Unsure If Trade Deal Farm Purchase Agreement Will Be AffectedCoronavirus has cast further doubt on China’s ability to buy US$36.5 billion of agricultural goods from the United States in 2020 as part of the phase one trade deal.
US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says the outbreak will have ‘ramifications economy-wide’, though stopped short of saying it would disrupt purchase goal