I’m not at all suprised. Covid19 is a aerosolized virus that is infectious before it shows any symptoms. I bet it was all over the globe before hospitals in Wuhan started getting a lot of patients.
Same with Omicron. South Africa has a very good viral surveillance system, that is why they detected Omicron variant before anyone else. But they ended up with the stigma and travel bans anyway.
I’m not at all suprised. Covid19 is a aerosolized virus that is infectious before it shows any symptoms. I bet it was all over the globe before hospitals in Wuhan started getting a lot of patients.
I imagine the main reason China detected the pandemic first was because they have systems like this set up after SARS https://www.businessinsider.com/medical-surveillance-allowed-china-to-discover-novel-coronavirus-2020-1
Same with Omicron. South Africa has a very good viral surveillance system, that is why they detected Omicron variant before anyone else. But they ended up with the stigma and travel bans anyway.
yup