Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast: https://youtu.be/-rdbcwd4MlM   Efforts to stem the spread of CoVid19 have been successful in China.  The measures include: entertainment venues closed; public gatherings canceled; intra-city transit, mass and personal, halted; travel to and from the city prohibited;  and entire city shutdown and lockdown.     Chinese cities that proactively employed similar measures before a first case report, enjoyed 37% fewer cases in the first week after that case report.  The most effective measures were stopping intra-city transit and closure of public entertainment and gathering.   Transmission Control Efforts: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.20019844v3.full.pdf https://gizmodo.com/china-orders-mandatory-coronavirus-checks-in-wuhan-and-1841498598   #covid19 #epidemic #pandemic #coronavirus