Coronavirus news and articles 30 March
1. Fantastic graph: https://aatishb.com/covidtrends/
2. New Imperial paper suggests 370 deaths have been prevented in the UK so far and the reproduction number may or may not be below 1 (see table and graphs). https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/covid-19/
3. Engineers have created a quasi-ventilation device in 10 days and 1,000/day could be produced (according to the BBC). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/f1-team-helps-build-new-uk-breathing-aid-for-covid-19-patients
4. The US now has more cases than China. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52056586
5. China is closing its borders to non-natives. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/27/asia/china-coronavirus-foreigners-intl-hnk/index.html
6. Information Commissioner clears the use of anonymised mobile phone data for tracking people‘s activity. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/watchdog-approves-use-uk-phone-data-if-helps-fight-coronavirus
7. What antibody testing can and cannot achieve. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238834-will-a-home-antibody-test-for-covid-19-really-be-a-game-changer/
8. China has relaxed controls and the virus has not resurged so far. It is also tracking citizens using QR codes. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00938-0
9. Shops, restaurants and even cinemas are reopening in China. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/can-china-return-normalcy-while-keeping-coronavirus-check
10. Two road maps for how America could stop the virus. https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/29/two-new-road-maps-lay-out-possible-paths-to-end-coronavirus-lockdowns/
11. Specific measures taken by countries that have controlled the virus like South Korea. https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/20/understanding-what-works-how-some-countries-are-beating-back-the-coronavirus/
12. How touching your face spreads viruses. https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/09/how-touching-your-face-can-spread-viruses-and-why-youre-so-bad-at-avoiding-it/
13. Metaculus forecasters predict lockdown will be lifted on 14 June in the UK, 16 June in California and 5 June in New York. https://pandemic.metaculus.com/questions/3957/lockdown-series-when-will-life-return-to-normal-ish/
14. What is the UK’s testing strategy? https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1222
15. What percentage of the population needs to be infected for herd immunity? https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(20)30154-7/fulltext?mobileUi=0
16. On the technology of contact tracing and privacy concerns. https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/29/test-and-trace-with-apple-and-google/
17. How Singapore’s health workers have been protected. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3077345/coronavirus-why-so-few-infections-singapores-health