Publishing Community Level Data Can Help to Curb the CCP Virus Outbreak: Expert

Publishing Community Level Data Can Help to Curb the CCP Virus Outbreak: Expert
Doctors test hospital staff with flu-like symptoms for the CCP virus in tents set up to triage possible COVID-19 patients outside before they enter the main emergency department area at St. Barnabas hospital in the Bronx borough of New York City on March 24, 2020. Misha Friedman/Getty Images
Venus Upadhayaya
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Publishing community-based data on the coronavirus pandemic for the public can be a useful strategy to fight the outbreak, according to a Boston-based expert.

“I would say that more granular information would be useful, within the overall view of the virus across this country (and with information about the global evolution of the outbreak),” Gerald T. Keusch, an epidemic and global health expert from Boston University, told The Epoch Times in an email.

Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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