COVID -19, Update, Monday 8th June
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New Zealand
Cases, 1,504
Deaths, 22 (1.46)
Alert level 1
No known active cases of COVID-19
Social distancing no longer required
No more limits on gatherings
Border will remain closed to non-New Zealanders.
Hoping to control any potential future outbreaks with contact tracing.
1. If you are sick stay home
2. If you have cold or flu-like symptoms, get a COVID-19 test
3. Regularly wash your hands
4. Sneeze and cough into your elbow
5. If you’re told by health authorities to self-isolate, do it
6. Work with your GP if you heave underlying health issues and are at higher risk
7. Keep track of where you have been to help contact tracers
8. Businesses should help Kiwis with contact tracing by displaying QR codes
9. Be prepared for a move up alert levels if we need to
10. Be kind to others
3 Officers effected by bleach
Cameroon
Deaths, 7,908
Cases, 212
Illegal to intentionally infect others
Brazil
Deaths, 691,758
Cases, 36,455
Live data only to be published
Chile
Cases, 134,150
Deaths + 653 = 2,290
US
Cases, 1,942,363
Deaths, 110,514
Protests, LA, SF, Chicago, Washington
Cases
Clusters
Community spread
Incubation
Symptomatic
Complications
Deaths
Andrew Cuomo
“Get a test. Get a test,”
People who have been participating in rallies
Plans to open 15 testing sites dedicated to protesters
“I would act as if you were exposed, and I would tell people you are interacting with, assume I am positive for the virus,”
Afghanistan
Kabul
Cases, 20,917
Deaths, 369
1 m infected
Saudi Arabia
Largely spread through low income migrant workers in challenging conditions
Cases, + 3,045 = 101,914
Deaths + 712 = 712
Russia
Cases, 476,043
Deaths, 5,963
Lockdown easing
India
Record spike in coronavirus cases
Cases + 9,971 = 246,628
Deaths, 6,929
New Delhi
Mumbai
Ahmedabad.
Delhi
Reserved hospital beds for residents
Sick flocked in from the provinces.
UK
New cases, 9,400
Deaths, + 77 = 40,625
Arrivals to self-quarantine for 14 days
Devon tourists and closed toilets
SAGE, 100 members
Oxford AZ vaccine announcement in August
Central London crowds
27 officers injured so far
Ken March, (Police federation) they should not be there, protests should not be allowed
Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19
Over 80s, seventy times more likely to die than under 40s
More males than female
More in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)
These analyses take into account age, sex, deprivation, region and ethnicity, but they do not take into account the existence of comorbidities
Managed not to mention vitamin D or air pollution
Netherlands
4 million mink
Mink being culled after infections confirmed
Mink farms could be a reservoir
Spread to farmer family
Denmark
Spain
Detection dogs as a help in the detection of COVID-19 Can the dog alert on COVID-19 positive persons by sniffing axillary sweat samples ? Proof-of-concept study
We conclude that there is a very high evidence that the armpits sweat odour of COVID-19+ persons is different, and that dogs can detect a person infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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