Cases in Kathmandu have been rising pretty steadily since after a week of the end of the first lockdown. As a matter of fact, they have been rising so much that the last several days they have account for about 50% of the cases in the entire country when the population of the district is less than 10%! That of course, does not bode well!
As the pandemic rages, the Government of Nepal downplays it. Far from doing everything in its power to tackle it, GoN appears to be interested more in just letting it take its course.
A reproduction of my Twitter, COVID-19 status, update for Nepal that I made on September 15. I made the update following the Government of Nepal's announcement to REDUCE testing! Of course, the data show that would be a BAD move!
A reproduction of my Twitter, COVID-19 status, update for Nepal that I made on September 10. What does the data show, as limited as haphazard as they are? I look at the progress of the pandemic from towards the third week of July, from when lockdown 1.0 was lifted.
A reproduction of my Twitter, COVID-19 status, update for Nepal that I made on September 5. I look at the progress of the pandemic mostly until the end of July by discussing what the data show, as limited and haphazard as they are.
A short blog post about what happened, why, and what next in Nepal with the coronavirus pandemic in terms of mostly testing data, as random and limited as they are.
कोरोना virus contain र mitigate कसरी र किन हाम्रो सरकारले पहिलो चरणमा गर्न सकेन? यो सम्बंधी हामीसंग भएको सिमित dataमा आधारित एउटा commentary, अनि के हुनु/गर्नु पर्छ |
Sell hope to the utterly hopeless and desperate, they’ll buy it, NOT because they are stupid. Unless you have experienced extended or prolonged despair or, worse, utter hopelessness, you cannot imagine what that is like. And in these uncertain, stressful and, for many, desperate times of the coronavirus pandemic, many, I am sure have already been and will be victimized. The situation, unfortunately, will get worse, a lot worse, before it starts getting better for many. If you have not experienced utter hopelessness, hold your judgement of those who buy hope, however.
If charts could speak, these charts of mine would scream, "Where is your strategy?" Five months since news of the coronavirus reached us, four since the first case of infection, and over two of lockdown, and now with the cases entering exponential growth phase, Government of Nepal still does NOT appear to have a strategy. That COULD spell a humanitarian crises in the country.
A simple playing card problem, which you can easily solve in the comfort of your home, models exponential growth, the way coronavirus infections grow.