The bad news is that this seems to be completely out of control in some major population centers such as London. Official statistics also seem unreliable and too low.
"Following UK health advice, Soryl called emergency services – about three times before she managed to get through. She gave her details, and symptoms.
"They essentially said you just need to stay at home,
there's nothing we can do.
"
They stopped testing people a couple of days before I got sick."
She was told only those over 65, or in hospital care, were being tested.
"Which is ridiculous because it goes against everything the World Health Organisation says we should be doing.
"It makes it really hard to know if you've got the virus."
But nurses and doctors on the country's health phoneline said "they were quite positive that we had the virus".
She was told to self-isolate for 14 days.
Five more came down with the same illness, which made eight of a workplace of 12, followed by her two flatmates.
She believed more people were sick than official numbers would show. Many there were not taking minor symptoms seriously and isolating themselves.
"Being in London, it's a massive risk. On a train that thousands of people commute on every hour.""
They are not testing, there is nothing they can do, stay at home and we hope you don't die is essentially the message from UK health care which is clearly overwhelmed. People like this are not going to appear on official statistics for Corona virus cases.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...covid19-ordeal
The good news is that cures are being developed.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN215025
More bad news:
more than 4000 new cases in Italy and more than 400 new deaths. Given the situation in that country this is probably under reported.