That composure will be challenged too by the news that the number of cases worldwide has already surpassed the Sars epidemic peak. That two members of a family have tested positive for coronavirus in England will challenge that composure too. The driver was among five new patients confirmed yesterday, bringing the number of cases in Thailand to 19. A government spokesman said this was because of the “practical difficulties” Chinese citizens have faced abroad. A year before the last Sars outbreak US politician Donald Rumsfeld gave the world a wonderful phrase: “There are known knowns...

Source: Irish Examiner January 31, 2020 20:26 UTC