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Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP, was quoted in an Oct 5 article in The New Yorker analyzing the earliest documented clusters of coronavirus infections. Dr. El-Sadr pointed out that Chinese scientists had quickly sequenced the virus’s genome, which was made available to researchers worldwide on January 11th. Dr. El-Sadr emphasized the rapidness of the public health response in China, saying:

“I honestly think that they had a horrific situation in Wuhan and they were able to contain it,” she said. “There were mistakes early on, but they did act, and they shared fast.”

Read the full article in The New Yorker 

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