The situation with COVID-19 is still rapidly unfolding globally, with constantly shifting patterns and trends. Some East Asian nations who have been praised for being able to slow the rate of infections are now seeing a second growth stage. Adam Kucharski explained that some outbreaks can behave this way, and the image below is from his new book "The Rules of Contagion" (which I am currently reading).
Whatever politics might be going on with information just has to stop. Before now, NCDC shared particular details about cases like if it was a new independent case or from already confirmed cases. This has provided a factual counter narrative to misinformation out there. Now, it's a freefall... yesterday it was a man at LUTH, today it's a medical doctor in Osun whose infant child is positive and has supposedly spread it to many others including children and doctors/nurses treating the child at OAUTH. This is not the time for political PR, the relevant authorities should allow NCDC do it's job.
Whatever politics might be going on with information just has to stop. Before now, NCDC shared particular details about cases like if it was a new independent case or from already confirmed cases. This has provided a factual counter narrative to misinformation out there. Now, it's a freefall... yesterday it was a man at LUTH, today it's a medical doctor in Osun whose infant child is positive and has supposedly spread it to many others including children and doctors/nurses treating the child at OAUTH. This is not the time for political PR, the relevant authorities should allow NCDC do it's job.