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I was listening to Mike Hosking this morning and was interested to hear him express his frustration that the media cannot interview Government appointed key medical experts beyond the “official” organised 1.00pm update. No one-on-one interviews have been allowed. They are afraid a few ‘facts’ may emerge. Like explaining why it took nearly two months to get up to speed.
It was reported on TV One news that to date (29 March), 19,000 tests have been administered since the beginning of the coronavirus virus pandemic. At yesterday’s update, Dr Ashley Bloomfield stated that the average number tested over the last seven days was 1,796. This would suggest that 12,576 tests in total were undertaken over the last week. This would also suggest, as the first case was diagnosed on the 28 February, that only 6,424 tests were taken during the first 23 days of the pandemic, an average 279 per day.
In summary: First 23 days, 279 tests average per day: Last 7 days 1,796 tests average per day.
On January 30, the WHO declared coronavirus a global emergency. On January 31, the number of confirmed cases in China jumped to 9,809. Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom all confirmed cases of the virus.
With this information, it took our Government a further 27 days before it started testing on average 276, per day and then another 23 days to increase the testing regime to 1,796 tests per day.
These glaring time-lapses suggest that our Government was never in control. It let the virus in and it has been trying to catch up ever since. But above all, “Be kind.”
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