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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by alamortsubite on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:10PM (#22195624)
> It's also worth noting that the ~8k confirmed cases are bottlenecked by how fast China can perform tests.

Do you have more info on this? I thought the test was a simple swab deal that a country like China could crank through like nobody's business. Like, at least for a few more orders of magnitude.

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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by alamortsubite on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:57PM (#22196204)
Replying to myself, this article linked in a sibling comment discusses the issue: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/30/asia/chinese-health-care-...
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