“At That time, the total was 115 cases and I knew that because at that time the Government wasn't taking much action it definitely means the

Recently, Wu Peng, a Chinese student studying in the UK, has won praise from many British people for insisting on posting the growth chart of the epidemic data in the UK on Twitter every day, and has attracted the attention of the British media and the official.

"British people need to understand the epidemic trend"

On March 5, the British Ministry of Health and Social Security issued a post saying that it will provide netizens with the latest data. Wu Peng, who studied abroad at the University of Leeds in the UK, saw it, left a message below and asked, "Why can't the UK use big data technology to track information in real time?"

Seeing that the UK had not taken enough action at that time, Wu Peng, who had statistical knowledge background, released a trend chart of confirmed cases in the UK under the data notice that day, and the result was the highest number of attention and likes of the day.

"At that time, the total was 115 cases and I knew that because at that time the Government wasn’t taking much action it definitely means the real number would be higher."

"At that time (March 5), there were 115 confirmed cases in the UK, but I know that at that time, the government did not take sufficient anti-epidemic measures, which means that the actual number of infections would definitely be higher."

Back on March 5 as life was continuing relatively as normal in the UK despite rising concern about the spread of coronavirus, Leeds University masters student Peng Wu decided to start charting the growth in cases in this country to help people better understand what was happening with the epidemic.

From then on, Wu Peng turned on the daily update mode, which has been going on until now, and has persisted for more than 20 days.

In an interview with The Paper, Wu Peng said that the epidemic statistics chart based on big data in China will be released every day, but in the UK, it does not. He said he made the charts to "let the British people know what stage the epidemic is at."

Peng’s intention was simple. “What I do every day is to draw a chart based on publicly available government data in a timely manner so that everyone can understand the growth trend more clearly,” he explains. “Insisting on doing this every day actually encourages everyone to continue to pay attention to the epidemic.”

Wu Peng’s idea is simple. He explained: "What I do every day is to draw charts in a timely manner based on public government data, so that everyone can see the growth trend more clearly. I insist on doing this every day, which can actually encourage everyone to continue to pay attention to the epidemic."

's persistence in one chart every day quickly attracted a lot of attention. Wu Peng even began to have a group of followers, waiting for Wu Peng's latest chart under the account of the British Ministry of Health and Social Security.

Wu Peng is here!

I am waiting for a tweet from Wu Peng every day.

Now is Wu Peng’s moment of shining light.

You may be 3600 hours late, and Wu Peng is always on time.

Wu Pengpengpeng...

Some netizens also launched a petition to make Wu Peng the Prime Minister in a bit of a spoof.

Wu Peng said that there are more than 10,000 people who are following now, including members of the British House of Commons and the speakers of the local council. The most are doctors and practitioners in the British medical service system. A staff member of the British Ministry of Health once called to thank him for updating the data map in time in comments; netizens often consulted him about the epidemic prevention and control situation, including British MPs, sheriffs, etc.

"I will stay in the UK, and the drawing will not stop"

Wu Peng's actions have also attracted the attention of the British media. On March 24, the Yorkshire Post of the United Kingdom interviewed this young Chinese man specifically.

Why does Wu Peng from the University of Leeds want to create a trend chart of the epidemic in the UK?

It is reported that Wu Peng has studied international corporate law at the University of Leeds in the UK since April last year. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, he has been closely monitoring the spread of the epidemic around the world.

He set up a notification system to be alerted to the public release of the day's figures and was soon publishing his updated daily graph within moments of the Government's figures becoming available, winning him ever-increasing plaudits from health professionals and ordinary social media users alike as the crisis has worsened.

He has established a notification system to remind everyone to pay attention to epidemic data every day. As soon as government data is released, he will be able to release homemade charts soon. As the epidemic intensifies day by day, he has received praise from more and more professionals and social media users.

plaudit /'plɔːdɪt/: applaud; praise

Based on these statistics, Wu Peng warned: "Before the government takes effective measures, this number will double every about three days."

"Every three days or so, the number doubles until something effective is done."

Wu Peng's statistics are becoming more and more comprehensive. Starting from March 16, he released two charts every day: one shows the number of confirmed cases, the number of tested cases and the ratio between the two; the other shows the number of deaths from COVID-19 and the number of confirmed cases.

reported that before the UK implemented strict martial law on March 23, Wu Peng expressed sympathy for the UK's epidemic prevention measures based on its national conditions.

Speaking before Boris Johnson’s announcement of an effective lockdown of Britain, Peng says he has some sympathy with the UK approach so far - where concerns have been raised both about a lack of widespread testing and delays in taking the type of stringent measures seen in China.

Before British Prime Minister Boris enacted an effective lockdown measure, Wu Peng said he has sympathy for the current UK move. The UK has not tested large-scalely and has been slow to take strict epidemic prevention measures like China, which has caused more and more concerns.

"Different countries have a different economic and social background so it is very hard for the UK to take action like China did. The Prime Minister said he wished people would follow social distancing but at the weekend you saw many people out chatting with each other and many people went to the park near where I live in Leeds."

"Different countries have their own different economic and social environments. So it is difficult for the UK to take action like China. The Prime Minister said he hopes people can maintain social distance, but you still see a lot of people chatting outside on weekends. I still have a lot of people gathered in the park near my residence in Leeds. "

As the COVID-19 epidemic becomes increasingly severe in the UK, British universities have suspended classes, and some international students choose to return to China temporarily. Wu Peng chose to stay in the UK. He said that the Chinese embassy and consulate in the UK recently distributed nearly 200,000 "health kits" to Chinese students in the UK, and their families in China also provided a lot of practical information and suggestions, "These are helpful for us to protect ourselves."

Wu Peng said that he did not expect his chart to attract so much attention. He said he had just done something "very simple" and he would continue to do it.

"I will continue to do the updates every day until the tide turns."

I will continue to update every day until the tide turns."

I will continue to update every day until the tide turns."

Editor: Chen Yuehua Gao Qihui

Source: Yorkshire Post Pengpai News Xinhuanet

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