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Andrea Vogt
@andreavogt
Filmmaker & journalist. Co-Founder @millstreamfilms. Telegraph, BBC contributor. Trilingual Fulbright Scholar. Curious. Empathetic. Happy. alis volat propriis
Jun 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Quick thread on Italy's National Health Institute (ISS) research on wastewater samples and #covid19. ISS has been routinely sampling wastewater before it goes into treatment plants since 2007. /1 Traces of #COVID19 RNA found in Milan & Turin samples taken Dec 18, 2019, and in a sample taken in Bologna Jan 29, 2020. Approx 40 samples taken between Oct 2019-February 2020 were compared to 24 quality control samples taken between September 2018 - June 2019. /2
Mar 27, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
#CoronaVirusUpdate from #Italy for March 27 2020. Bittersweet news. Contagion rate is declining, even though death count is rising. Resist panic. Total +#covid19 cases = 86,498, of which 66,414 infected (+4,401 = +7.2%) 10,950 recovered and 9.134 deaths (+969). /1 Death rate reflects 15-20 days ago, while new #coronavirus contagion rate = current cases. That's why infection rate is (for me) is more reliable indicator than death rate. Infection rate reflects slowdown due to lockdown. Deaths still coming in from pre-lockdown contagion. /2