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by runawaybottle 2284 days ago
I am very confused at the shockingly low cases in India, and the Indochina region.

Either it really is the climate or we’re talking zero testing and a fiasco that’s gonna engulf that region soon.

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Perhaps because India is not testing?

If you don’t test, then you cannot confirm someone has the virus. Thus, your confirmed cases remains low.

India has not shown up on the map yet, but I suspect that the virus is picking up steam. Every week, the numbers slowly increase. And by the time someone is confirmed with the virus, then they probably already infected 10 to 20 other people.

It depends on travel links with Wuhan. India is somewhere below top 10 in that list.
My theory about India, is that because of poor hygiene, anyone with a weak immune system already died from something else.