Solutions to Wuhan Virus Pandemic

Another disastrous decision made by the MoH. We use the rapid testing for those without any symptom at all. But to be safe, a person who did the test is only valid for one day, because the virus load is too low when the test was conducted. If confirmed positive, despite showing no symptoms, then they are presumed positive but we can reconfirm with PCR test. However, we reduce the burden on the PCR tests that are now backlogged up to a week, especially in Sandakan. Those with symptoms should also be safe to be tested with Rapid Tests first, but if negative should be reconfirmed with PCR test. But PCR tests are not 100% accurate. It is only 70-80% accurate so symptoms and the chest X-rays are the best way to diagnose or to assume those with symptoms as presumed positive. This is a far safer method than no testing now. https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-rapid-test-kits-market-now-are-no-use-early-detection-virus-says-moh Covid-19 rapid test kits in market now ar...

Indonesia needs 'massive, rapid' testing for coronavirus https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2020/04/02/indonesia-needs-039massive-rapid039-testing-for-coronavirus Thursday, 02 Apr 2020 7:59 PM MYT By Stanley Widianto (Reuters) - Indonesia needs to perform "massive" testing to reveal the full spread of the coronavirus and ensure that people who travel home during the approaching Muslim holiday isolate themselves, the governor of the archipelago's most populous province said. Indonesia's coronavirus death toll rose to 170 on Thursday as the world's fourth-most populous nation passed South Korea as the country with the highest number of recorded fatalities in Asia after China. The country has confirmed 1,790 infections, while 7,193 tests have been performed out of a population more than 261 m...

We can beat Coronavirus from Wuhan by testing everyday, even with less accurate rapid testing kits. If required, every hour. Sports clubs also can offer audiences who are tested using the rapid testing machines to watch live matches. The rest can still watch online. The less accurate rapid testing machines can be compensated by daily or more frequent testing. With social distancing and wearing of masks, even audiences can watch safety, even if tested using the rapid test machines. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8206491/Premier-League-clubs-ready-roll-coronavirus-testing-machines-ahead-potential-June-return.html Premier League clubs 'ready to roll out coronavirus testing machines' with plans in motion to restart training in mid-May ahead of potential June return... but fans may not be able to attend for the rest of the YEAR Clubs could use the machines to test players for the coronavirus every day Hope is now growing that training sessions ...

"Priority should be given to the detection and protection of vulnerable patients and health care workers ." https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331509/WHO-COVID-19-lab_testing-2020.1-eng.pdf  https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331509/WHO-COVID-19-lab_testing-2020.1-eng.pdf UK didn't obey this guideline, stupidly, indeed, until yesterday, 29 March 2020. This report is dated 22 March 2020. Although I agree that health care workers is the utmost priority for testing, vulnerable patients are not. Their chances of survival is low anyway. If testing is so limited, better reserve it to those that need them the most for survival or those that are most likely to spread the disease, i.e. the younger people. What is missing is the strategy to preserve the economy by testing productive and essential workers so that they are exempted from lockdown or quarantine. The antibody test is an example. Also the role of rapid testing that is les...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_testing A lot of interesting articles on Covid-19 testings. We should not worry that the world will end because testing will reduce the lockdown and quarantine costs once these tests are fully produced. We have the weapon so now we need to produce them in large numbers. Which is more important? Testing or Respirators? My opinion is testing because it will stop lockdown and quarantine thus saving our economy. It will also stop the spread and therefore lesson the need for respirators. Unfortunately, not many factories can produce testers, so we should convert as many factories to producing test kits, and the rest to respirators.

TO WEAR OR NOT TO WEAR Every expert opinion you’ve heard about wearing masks is right March 28, 2020 By Michael J. Coren Climate reporter Should you wear a mask to stop the coronavirus? It’s a fraught question. Depending on where you live, the act risks social censure , accusations of selfishness, and perhaps the infection itself. No one wants to say they don’t know. Asking eight health authorities will elicit eight different answers . A brief review of health agencies’ recommendations for the coronavirus from around the world adds to the confusion. In China, the government has told almost everyone to wear disposable masks ( and sometimes mandated it ). In Japan and Hong Kong, anyone entering crowded places are asked to don them. In the West, the message is the opposite. Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health warns mask wearers risk lulling themselves into a “false sense of security.” American’s top health official, battling a catastrophic shortage of...

The problem with tests is that they were not supposed to be accurate. I don't really understand this. They only need a positive or negative result, so why need to be accurate? The correct term should be sensitivity. The tests are only sensitive to a certain concentration of virus. Some tests are more sensitive compared to others so can give a positive result earlier. The less sensitive tests can't. It is not that they are useless, it is just that it needs to wait longer. Even the most sensitive test that we have can only give 80% accuracy, which means that it is still possible to completely miss a recently infected person. The best way is still to do multiple tests at a certain interval depending on the incubation period of the virus. The most sensitive can give confidence for a longer period compared to a less sensitive tester. That is all. So you can still use rapid tests, but need to test daily for example. So never abandon rapid testing.