Mar 06, 2020 06:47 PM
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Opinion: In Fight Against Covid-19, It’s Not Too Late for Japan
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A man wearing a mask rides an escalator in Nagoya, Japan. The Japanese government is considering emergency legislation to deal with the growing global coronavirus outbreak. Photo: IC Photo
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It is said that China’s disease control measures managed to buy time for the rest of the world.
Measures including suspending public transport, restricting people from leaving their homes, and locking down cities including Wuhan, ground zero of the epidemic, both figuratively and literally quarantined millions in China.
If a pandemic still takes place, it means that the world wasted this ounce of time, having spent it all on going over old disease prevention methods.
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