I live in South Africa but never been aware of a malaria outbreak in South Africa. More middle on the continent of Africa yes!

Population density plays a massive role. Here in the UK, just look how this is hitting London and other major cities, compared with the rest of the country. The London Borough of Westminster has 10 times as many cases as the whole county of Cheshire, with only 2/3 of the population.

You'll probably find that communities in less developed countries are more socially isolated, purely down to the lack of transport infrastructure.

Things like underground transport can't be helping. But anywhere with forced air conditioning shared by people other than your immediate family can't be a good place to be right now.

I don't believe the Chinese stats are true. They cannot be back to normal all of a sudden. ...not after videos that were doing the rounds in January where they were shooting the infected, chucking them in trucks and cremated them. IMO the CCP and the Director General of the WHO are pallies.

Our whole country is on lockdown except for essential services etc but controlled.
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In South Africa we have over 1017 infected country-wide. Two deaths as per this morning. We have different medical officials, different officials all day reporting including hospital spokesmrn. I believe in terms of the COVID 19, we are being truthful.

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Since I've lived, worked, and still suck in Asia at the moment, I would like to share my 2 cent:

A) Facts: Lack of testing, contributed either by the availability of test kits or for political reasons. Indonesia had 0 confirmed for the longest time, not because people weren't sick, but because zero test were administered. As of two weeks ago, the entire Philippines had only 2000+ test kits available for a population of 104 million, tests were only reserved for severe cases. Why does S. Korea have such high number of confirmed cases? Because they were (probably still are) testing up to 20,000 people a day, more people per capita than anywhere else in the world. This is not a blanketing statement saying all Asian countries are under reporting or lack testing. This is simply saying "there are those".

B) Facts: Numerous Asian countries have had to deal with the SARS pandemic in 2002. It was a deadly and painful lesson for a lot of countries, governments, medical professionals, and general public. Everyone has a playbook for another future pandemic, be it physically or metaphorically. Simply put, they knew how to deal with it and they took actions fast. Again, this is not a blanketing statement about all Asian countries, I'm simply saying "there are those". There are plenty of analysis are available on how countries/territories such as Hong Kong, S. Korea, Singapore, Taiwan...etc are dealing with the virus.

C) Facts: Numerous Asian populations have zero issue wearing face masks in public, which may not necessarily prevent a vial infection, but does help reduce the chances of unknowingly transmitting the virus to others. In some countries, physical contacts between people are just not a thing to do, and even considered rude in some cultures. Less physical contacts = more social distancing.

D) Speculation: I have never been to any African countries, nor do I have any knowledge of their practices against this virus. I can only speculate that it is the lack of testing that is contributing to the low number of confirmed cases, but of course I could be wrong.

The virus has spread by travel first, then spreads out wherever it nests. Central Africa gets less travel, thus a slower start, and now most of Africa is closed. I want to see stats on South Africa and where Egypt and Libia, etc tested? Time may tell. The United States now has the most confirmed cases.

Flu tends to be more prevalent during seasons with cold weather. It might ease some during warmer weather and come back in the fall.

I think COVID-19 is ripping through developed nations because we are more mobile. Simple as that. Look at how quickly it left China and has rippled across the globe and is now blooming in every developed nation on earth. Look at the primary method of combating it...stay home. I realize that will change as a vaccine either has been, or will soon be developed and distributed. But for now, they want to stop the spread by literally preventing physical human interaction.