Very interesting link Brendan.
I find it hard to believe that there are no cases in most of sub-Saharan Africa, especially given the movement of people between the east coast (Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania) and the Middle East. I don't believe any statistics out of Russia (where there are no gay people) and I certainly don't believe that the authorities in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have any real idea of what their true infection rates are.
There are 110 cases in Bahrain (mostly passenger arriving from Iran) out of a total population is 1.5 million. Their Formula 1 Grand Prix is being held behind closed doors but there has still been a massive movement of people already for the event, and they have 40,000 Filipino migrant workers.
Is there really no cases in Syria? How could they possibly know?
Iran is a stable country with good healthcare infrastructure and a highly educated population. Same with China, same with Italy. They have a better chance of identifying the cases they do have.
I suppose my point is that the further we get away from stable rich countries with good public health infrastructures the less reliable the figures must be.
