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RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-01-2020 Coronavirus pandemic likely to last two more years until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected - New report says The Coronavirus pandemic is likely going to last till 2022 until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected, a team of longstanding pandemic experts predicted in a new report. The experts said because of its ability to spread from people who don’t appear to be ill, the virus may be harder to control than influenza. They recommended that the US, who have the highest cases of the disease and deaths should prepare for a worst-case scenario that includes a second big wave of Coronavirus infections in the fall and winter. Even in a best-case scenario, people will continue to die from the virus, they predicted. "This thing's not going to stop until it infects 60 to 70 percent of people," Mike Osterholm, who directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, told CNN. "The idea that this is going to be done soon defies microbiology. According to CNN, Mr. Osterholm wrote the report along with Harvard School of Public Health epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch, who is also a top expert on pandemics; Dr. Kristine Moore, a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist who is now medical director for CIDRAP; and historian John Barry, who wrote the 2004 book "The Great Influenza" about the 1918 flu pandemic. Because Covid-19 is new, no one has any immunity, they said. "The length of the pandemic will likely be 18 to 24 months, as herd immunity gradually develops in the human population," they wrote. "I have said for a long time that when you are trying to understand how infectious disease is going to unfold, you should rely on history as well as models," Lipsitch told CNN. For instance, pandemic infections don't tend to die down in the summer, like seasonal flu does., he said. Covid-19 is most comparable to a pandemic strain of influenza, they said. "Because of a longer incubation period, more asymptomatic spread, and a higher R0, COVID-19 appears to spread more easily than flu," they wrote in the report. R0 is the average number of other people infected by each patient. "A higher R0 means more people will need to get infected and become immune before the pandemic can end," they add. "Based on the most recent flu pandemics, this outbreak will likely last 18 to 24 months." They said government officials should stop telling people the pandemic could be ending and instead prepare citizens for a long haul. Three scenarios are possible, they said: Scenario 1: The first wave of Covid-19 in spring 2020 is followed by a series of repetitive smaller waves that occur through the summer and then consistently over a one- to two-year period, gradually diminishing sometime in 2021 Scenario 2: The first wave of Covid-19 is followed by a larger wave in the fall or winter and one or more smaller waves in 2021. "This pattern will require the reinstitution of mitigation measures in the fall in an attempt to drive down spread of infection and prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed," they wrote. "This pattern is similar to what was seen with the 1918-19 pandemic." Scenario 3: A "slow burn" of ongoing transmission. "This third scenario likely would not require the reinstitution of mitigation measures, although cases and deaths will continue to occur." States and territories should plan for scenario 2, the worst-case scenario, they recommended. "Government officials should develop concrete plans, including triggers for reinstituting mitigation measures, for dealing with disease peaks when they occur," they advised. Lipsitch and Osterholm both said they are surprised by the decisions many states are making to lift restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the virus. "I think it's an experiment. It's an experiment that likely will cost lives, especially in places that do it without careful controls to try to figure out when to try to slow things down again," Lipsitch said. A vaccine could help, the report said, but not quickly. "The course of the pandemic also could be influenced by a vaccine; however, a vaccine will likely not be available until at least sometime in 2021," they wrote. "And we don't know what kinds of challenges could arise during vaccine development that could delay the timeline." Globally, there are 3,322,661 cases of Coronavirus with 234,408 deaths and 1,050,408 recoveries at as 11:23 am Friday, May 1, 2020. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-01-2020 1st May, 2020 NEWS /HEALTH Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases? More than 3.2 million infections confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories, including some 231,000 deaths. New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 231,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some 3.2 million infections have been confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories. More than one million people have recovered to date. More:
Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases: United States - 1,070,032 cases, 61,867 deaths Spain - 215,216 cases, 24,824 deaths Italy - 205,463 cases, 27,967 deaths United Kingdom - 172,481 cases, 26,842 deaths France - 167,299 cases, 24,410 deaths Germany - 163,009 cases, 6,563 deaths Turkey - 120,204 cases, 3,174 deaths Russia - 106,498 cases, 1,073 deaths Iran - 94,640 cases, 6,028 deaths Brazil - 87,187 cases, 6,006 deaths China - 83,956 cases, 4,637 deaths Canada - 54,457 cases, 3,268 deaths Belgium - 48,519 cases, 7,594 deaths Netherlands - 39,512 cases, 4,811 deaths Peru - 36,976 cases, 1,051 deaths India - 35,043 cases, 1,154 deaths Switzerland - 29,586 cases, 1,737 deaths Portugal - 25,045 cases, 989 deaths Ecuador - 24,934 cases, 900 deaths Saudi Arabia - 22,753 cases, 162 deaths Sweden - 21,092 cases, 2,586 deaths Ireland - 20,612 cases, 1,232 deaths Mexico - 19,224 cases, 1,859 deaths Pakistan - 16,817 cases, 385 deaths Singapore - 17,101 cases, 15 deaths Chile - 16,023 cases, 227 deaths Israel - 16,004 cases, 223 deaths Austria - 15,452 cases, 584 deaths Belarus - 14,027 cases, 89 deaths Japan - 14,088 cases, 430 deaths Qatar - 13,409 cases, 10 deaths Poland - 12,877 cases, 644 deaths United Arab Emirates - 12,481 cases, 105 deaths Romania - 12,240 cases, 723 deaths South Korea - 10,774 cases, 248 deaths Ukraine - 10,406 cases, 261 deaths Indonesia - 10,551 cases, 800 deaths Denmark - 9,356 cases, 452 deaths Philippines - 8,772 cases, 579 deaths Norway - 7,738 cases, 210 deaths Bangladesh - 7,667 cases, 168 deaths Czech Republic - 7,689 cases, 237 deaths Dominican Republic - 6,972 cases, 301 deaths Australia - 6,765 cases, 92 deaths Serbia - 9,009 cases, 179 deaths Panama - 6,532 cases, 188 deaths Colombia - 6,507 cases, 293 deaths Malaysia - 6,071 cases, 103 deaths South Africa - 5,647 cases, 103 deaths Egypt - 5,537 cases, 392 deaths Finland - 4,995 cases, 211 deaths Morocco - 4,423 cases, 170 deaths Argentina - 4,428 cases, 218 deaths Kuwait - 4,024 cases, 26 deaths Algeria - 4,006 cases, 450 deaths Moldova - 3,897 cases, 116 deaths Luxembourg - 3,784 cases, 90 deaths Kazakhstan - 3,551 cases, 25 deaths Bahrain - 3,040 cases, 8 deaths Thailand - 2,960 cases, 54 deaths Hungary - 2,863 cases, 323 deaths Greece - 2,591 cases, 140 deaths Oman - 2,348 cases, 11 deaths Afghanistan - 2,171 cases, 64 deaths Iraq - 2,085 cases, 93 deaths Croatia - 2,076 cases, 69 deaths Ghana - 2,074 cases, 17 deaths Armenia - 2,148 cases, 32 deaths Uzbekistan - 2,046 cases, 9 deaths Cameroon - 1,832 cases, 61 deaths Azerbaijan - 1,804 cases, 24 deaths Iceland - 1,797 cases, 10 deaths Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,757 cases, 69 deaths Nigeria - 1,932 cases, 58 deaths Estonia - 1,689 cases, 52 deaths Bulgaria - 1,541 cases, 66 deaths Cuba - 1,501 cases, 61 deaths Guinea - 1,495 cases, 7 deaths New Zealand - 1,476 cases, 19 deaths North Macedonia - 1,465 cases, 77 deaths Slovenia - 1,429 cases, 91 deaths Slovakia - 1,396 cases, 23 deaths Lithuania - 1,385 cases, 45 deaths Ivory Coast - 1,275 cases, 14 deaths Bolivia - 1,167 cases, 62 deaths Djibouti - 1,089 cases, 2 deaths Tunisia - 994 cases, 41 deaths Senegal - 933 cases, 9 deaths Latvia - 870 cases, 15 deaths Cyprus - 850 cases, 15 deaths Albania - 773 cases, 31 deaths Honduras - 804 cases, 75 deaths Kyrgyzstan - 756 cases, 8 deaths Andorra - 745 cases, 42 deaths Lebanon - 725 cases, 24 deaths Costa Rica - 719 cases, 6 deaths Niger - 719 cases, 32 deaths Sri Lanka - 665 cases, 7 deaths Burkina Faso - 645 cases, 43 deaths Uruguay - 643 cases, 15 deaths Somalia - 601 cases, 28 deaths Guatemala - 599 cases, 16 deaths San Marino - 569 cases, 41 deaths Georgia - 566 cases, 6 deaths Kosovo - 799 cases, 12 deaths Democratic Republic of the Congo - 572 cases, 31 deaths Mali - 490 cases, 26 deaths Tanzania - 480 cases, 16 deaths Malta - 465 cases, 4 deaths Jordan - 453 cases, 8 deaths Sudan - 442 cases, 31 deaths Taiwan - 429 cases, 6 deaths Jamaica - 422 cases, 7 deaths Kenya - 396 cases, 17 deaths Maldives - 468 cases, 1 death El Salvador - 424 cases, 9 deaths Occupied Palestinian territories - 344 cases, 2 deaths Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths Venezuela - 333 cases, 10 deaths Montenegro - 322 cases, 7 deaths Equatorial Guinea - 315 cases, 1 death Gabon - 276 cases, 3 deaths Vietnam - 270 cases Paraguay - 266 cases, 9 deaths Rwanda - 243 cases Republic of the Congo - 220 cases, 9 deaths Guinea-Bissau - 205 cases, 1 death Myanmar - 151 cases, 6 deaths Liberia - 141 cases, 16 deaths Brunei - 138 cases, 1 death Ethiopia - 131 cases, 3 deaths Madagascar - 128 cases Sierra Leone - 124 cases, 7 deaths Cambodia - 122 cases Cape Verde - 121 cases, 1 death Togo - 116 cases, 9 deaths Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths Zambia - 106 cases, 3 deaths Eswatini - 100 cases, 1 death Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death Uganda - 83 cases Bahamas - 81 cases, 11 deaths Barbados - 81 cases, 7 deaths Guyana - 82 cases, 8 deaths Haiti - 81 cases, 7 deaths Mozambique - 76 cases Benin - 64 cases, 1 death Libya - 61 cases, 3 deaths Nepal - 57 cases Chad - 73 cases, 5 deaths Central African Republic - 50 cases Syria - 43 cases, 3 deaths Zimbabwe - 40 cases, 4 deaths Eritrea - 39 cases Mongolia - 38 cases Malawi - 37 cases, 3 deaths South Sudan - 35 cases Angola - 27 cases, 2 deaths Antigua and Barbuda - 24 cases, 3 deaths East Timor - 24 cases Botswana - 23 cases, 1 death Grenada - 20 cases Laos - 19 cases Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths Fiji - 18 cases Saint Lucia - 17cases Dominica - 16 cases Namibia - 16 cases Saint Kitts and Nevis - 16 cases Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 15 cases Tajikistan - 15 cases Nicaragua - 14 cases, 3 deaths Sao Tome and Principe - 14 cases Burundi - 11 cases, 1 death Gambia - 11 cases, 1 death Vatican - 11 cases Seychelles - 11 cases Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death Mauritania - 8 cases, 1 death Papua New Guinea - 8 cases Bhutan - 7 cases Western Sahara - 6 cases Yemen - 6 cases, 2 deaths Comoros - 1 case RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-01-2020 Coronavirus: 250 ventilators the UK Govt bought from China 'could kill patients if used' - Doctors raise alarm The 250 ventilators the UK government bought from China are the wrong type and could kill patients, senior doctors have warned in a newly uncovered letter. In the letter, the medical staff said the devices had a problematic oxygen supply, could not be cleaned properly, had an unfamiliar design and a confusing instruction manual, and were built for use in ambulances, not hospitals, NBC News reports. The document also claims the ventilators cannot be cleaned properly, are an unfamiliar design, and come with a confusing instruction manual. On April 4, Cabinet ministers triumphantly announced that they had scored a much-needed win, buying 300 ventilators from China. "I'd like to thank the Chinese government for their support in securing that capacity," Michael Gove, a senior member of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government, said at a briefing that day. But nine days later, a group of senior doctors and medical managers issued a grave warning about 250 ventilators that they had received, the Shangrila 510 model made by Beijing Aeonmed Co. Ltd., one of China's major ventilator manufacturers. "We believe that if used, significant patient harm, including death, is likely," according to an April 13 letter seen by NBC News. "We look forward to the withdrawal and replacement of these ventilators with devices better able to provide intensive care ventilation for our patients." The doctors said the machine had been designed for use inside an ambulance rather than beside a hospital bed, making it the wrong type altogether. The letter claimed the ventilator's oxygen supply was "variable and unreliable" and that its fabric case could not be cleaned properly - essential in the struggle to curb a highly infectious virus. It was also claimed that the ventilators came with a "non-EU" oxygen connection hose. The letter was reportedly written by a senior anesthesia and intensive care doctor, representing a group of clinicians and senior managers working in and around Birmingham. Reacting to the letter, the Department of Health and Social Care which oversees the NHS and the purchase of ventilators from abroad, said in an email to NBC News that it was aware of doctors' concerns and has raised them with the manufacturer. "Ventilators need to pass robust regulatory tests to ensure they are up to standard before they're delivered to NHS hospitals," a spokesperson added. "We currently have around 10,900 mechanical ventilators available to NHS patients across the UK, as well as 4,300 non-invasive ventilators." RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-02-2020 Walmart gives $180 million in bonuses to employees who have worked daily throughout the COVID-19 pandemic American retail company, Walmart paid $180 million in cash bonuses to its employees who have worked daily throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to provide customers with food, medicine and other essential items. The bonuses were designed to recognize the “hard work of our associates as COVID-19 spreads and to help provide more cash in hand for them sooner,” Walmart Chief People Officer Donna Morris said. The money went to store, club, and supply chain associates, the company said in a statement. The retail giant also pledged in March to pay out a “special cash bonus” – $300 for full-time and $150 for part-time employees. The cash bonus and early quarterly bonus will total nearly $550 million, according to the release. Since March 19, the company said they have hired 200,000 new employees. “We’ve seen firsthand our associates’ unwavering focus to take care of customers and members while providing a vital service to communities during this time,” Donna Morris, chief people officer, said in a statement Read the rest of Morris’ statement below: Quote:Recognizing the hard work ahead of our associates as COVID-19 spreads and to help provide more cash in hand for them sooner, we shared plans to accelerate the payout for our quarterly incentive, which store, club and supply chain associates received today. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-02-2020 2nd May, 2020 [/url] [url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/]NEWS /HEALTH Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases? More than 3.3 million infections confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories, including at least 239,000 deaths. New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 239,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some 3.3 million infections have been confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories. More than one million people have recovered to date. More:
Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases: United States - 1,104,161 cases, 65,068 deaths Spain - 213,453 cases, 24,543 deaths Italy - 207,428 cases, 28,236 deaths United Kingdom - 178,685 cases, 27,583 deaths France - 167,305 cases, 24,628 deaths Germany - 164,077 cases, 6,736 deaths Russia - 124,054 cases, 1,222 deaths Turkey - 122,392 cases, 3,258 deaths Iran - 95,646 cases, 6,091 deaths Brazil - 92,202 cases, 6,412 deaths China - 83,959 cases, 4,637 deaths Canada - 56,343 cases, 3,537 deaths Belgium - 49,517 cases, 7,765 deaths Peru - 40,459 cases, 1,124 deaths Netherlands - 39,989 cases, 4,909 deaths India - 37,336 cases, 1,223 deaths Switzerland - 29,705 cases, 1,754 deaths Ecuador - 26,336 cases, 1,063 deaths Portugal - 25,351 cases, 1,007 deaths Saudi Arabia - 24,097 cases, 169 deaths Sweden - 21,520 cases, 2,653 deaths Ireland - 20,833 cases, 1,265 deaths Mexico - 20,739 cases, 1,972 deaths Pakistan - 18,114 cases, 417 deaths Singapore - 17,548 cases, 16 deaths Chile - 17,008 cases, 234 deaths Israel - 16,152 cases, 227 deaths Austria - 15,531 cases, 589 deaths Belarus - 14,917 cases, 93 deaths Japan - 14,305 cases, 455 deaths Qatar - 14,096 cases, 12 deaths Poland - 13,105 cases, 651 deaths United Arab Emirates - 13,038 cases, 111 deaths Romania - 12,567 cases, 744 deaths Ukraine - 11,411 cases, 279 deaths South Korea - 10,780 cases, 250 deaths Indonesia - 10,551 cases, 800 deaths Denmark - 9,509 cases, 460 deaths Serbia - 9,009 cases, 179 deaths Philippines - 8,928 cases, 603 deaths Bangladesh - 8,790 cases, 175 deaths Norway - 7,783 cases, 210 deaths Czech Republic - 7,740 cases, 241 deaths Dominican Republic - 7,288 cases, 313 deaths Colombia - 7,006 cases, 314 deaths Australia - 6,781 cases, 93 deaths Panama - 6,720 cases, 192 deaths Malaysia - 6,176 cases, 103 deaths South Africa - 5,951 cases, 116 deaths Egypt - 5,895 cases, 406 deaths Finland - 5,176 cases, 218 deaths Morocco - 4,569 cases, 171 deaths Argentina - 4,532 cases, 225 deaths Kuwait - 4,377 cases, 30 deaths Algeria - 4,154 cases, 453 deaths Moldova - 3,980 cases, 122 deaths Luxembourg - 3,802 cases, 92 deaths Kazakhstan - 3,785 cases, 25 deaths Bahrain - 3,170 cases, 8 deaths Thailand - 2,966 cases, 54 deaths Hungary - 2,942 cases, 335 deaths Greece - 2,612 cases, 140 deaths Oman - 2,483 cases, 11 deaths Afghanistan - 2,469 cases, 72 deaths Armenia - 2,273 cases, 33 deaths Nigeria - 2,170 cases, 68 deaths Iraq - 2,153 cases, 94 deaths Uzbekistan - 2,094 cases, 9 deaths Croatia - 2,085 cases, 75 deaths Ghana - 2,074 cases, 17 deaths Azerbaijan - 1,854 cases, 25 deaths Cameroon - 1,832 cases, 61 deaths Iceland - 1,798 cases, 10 deaths Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,781 cases, 70 deaths Estonia - 1,699 cases, 53 deaths Bulgaria - 1,588 cases, 69 deaths Cuba - 1,537 cases, 64 deaths Guinea - 1,537 cases, 7 deaths New Zealand - 1,485 cases, 20 deaths North Macedonia - 1,494 cases, 81 deaths Slovenia - 1,434 cases, 92 deaths Slovakia - 1,407 cases, 24 deaths Lithuania - 1,406 cases, 46 deaths Ivory Coast - 1,333 cases, 15 deaths Bolivia - 1,229 cases, 66 deaths Djibouti - 1,097 cases, 2 deaths Senegal - 1,024 cases, 9 deaths Tunisia - 998 cases, 41 deaths Honduras - 899 cases, 75 deaths Latvia - 871 cases, 16 deaths Cyprus - 857 cases, 15 deaths Kosovo - 806 cases, 22 deaths Albania - 782 cases, 31 deaths Kyrgyzstan - 769 cases, 8 deaths Andorra - 745 cases, 42 deaths Lebanon - 729 cases, 24 deaths Niger - 719 cases, 32 deaths Costa Rica - 725 cases, 6 deaths Sri Lanka - 690 cases, 7 deaths Burkina Faso - 649 cases, 44 deaths Uruguay - 643 cases, 17 deaths Guatemala - 644 cases, 16 deaths Democratic Republic of the Congo - 604 cases, 32 deaths Somalia - 601 cases, 28 deaths Georgia - 582 cases, 8 deaths San Marino - 580 cases, 41 deaths Sudan - 533 cases, 36 deaths Mali - 508 cases, 26 deaths Maldives - 491 cases, 1 death Tanzania - 480 cases, 16 deaths Malta - 467 cases, 4 deaths Jordan - 459 cases, 8 deaths El Salvador - 446 cases, 10 deaths Jamaica - 432 cases, 8 deaths Taiwan - 432 cases, 6 deaths Kenya - 411 cases, 21 deaths Occupied Palestinian territories - 353 cases, 2 deaths Venezuela - 335 cases, 10 deaths Paraguay - 333 cases, 10 deaths Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths Montenegro - 322 cases, 10 deaths Equatorial Guinea - 315 cases, 1 death Gabon - 276 cases, 3 deaths Vietnam - 270 cases Guinea-Bissau - 257 cases, 1 death Rwanda - 249 cases Republic of the Congo - 229 cases, 9 deaths Liberia - 152 cases, 18 deaths Myanmar - 151 cases, 6 deaths Brunei - 138 cases, 1 death Sierra Leone - 136 cases, 7 deaths Ethiopia - 133 cases, 3 deaths Madagascar - 132 cases Togo - 123 cases, 9 deaths Cape Verde - 122 cases, 1 death Cambodia - 122 cases Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths Zambia - 109 cases, 3 deaths Eswatini - 106 cases, 1 death Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths Benin - 90 cases, 2 death Haiti - 85 cases, 8 deaths Uganda - 85 cases Bahamas - 82 cases, 11 deaths Guyana - 82 cases, 9 deaths Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death Barbados - 81 cases, 7 deaths Mozambique - 79 cases Chad - 73 cases, 5 deaths Central African Republic - 72 cases Libya - 63 cases, 3 deaths Nepal - 59 cases South Sudan - 45 cases Syria - 44 cases, 3 deaths Zimbabwe - 40 cases, 4 deaths Eritrea - 39 cases Mongolia - 39 cases Malawi - 37 cases, 3 deaths Tajikistan - 32 cases Angola - 30 cases, 2 deaths Antigua and Barbuda - 25 cases, 3 deaths East Timor - 24 cases Botswana - 23 cases, 1 death Grenada - 20 cases Laos - 19 cases Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths Fiji - 18 cases Saint Lucia - 17 cases Dominica - 16 cases Namibia - 16 cases Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 16 cases Sao Tome and Principe - 16 cases, 1 death Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases Nicaragua - 14 cases, 3 deaths Gambia - 12 cases, 1 death Burundi - 11 cases, 1 death Vatican - 11 cases Seychelles - 11 cases Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death Mauritania - 8 cases, 1 death Papua New Guinea - 8 cases Bhutan - 7 cases Yemen - 7 cases, 2 deaths Western Sahara - 6 cases Comoros - 1 case RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-02-2020 '55 journalists' have died from Coronavirus in 23 countries in the past two months A press freedom organization has claimed that 55 journalists have died worldwide from the novel Coronavirus in the past two months. The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), made this known in a statement ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Sunday. The organization lamented that media workers often lack proper protection for covering the pandemic and warned that many of them were putting their lives in danger. Since March 1, the PEC said it had recorded the deaths of 55 media workers across 23 countries from the virus, but admitted that it was unclear if all of them had become infected on the job. "Journalists are at great risk in this health crisis because they must continue to inform, by going to hospitals, interviewing doctors, nurses, political leaders, specialists, scientists, patients," PEC said in a statement. It said that in a range of countries "indispensable protective measures" like physical distancing, quarantines, and mask-wearing had not been applied, especially early on in the outbreak. Ecuador was the hardest-hit country, with at least nine journalists who had succumbed to the virus, followed by the United States, with eight, Brazil with four, and Britain and Spain with three each, it said. The organization also echoed warnings from the United Nations that the pandemic, which had killed more than 230,000 people out of more than 3.2 million infected worldwide is being used in some countries as an excuse to crackdown on the media. "Censorship, internet shutdowns, arbitrary detentions of journalists, physical and verbal attacks, and emergency laws that restrict press freedom have occurred in recent weeks," the PEC said. It added that this was particularly worrying at a time when access to reliable public information was more vital than ever. "Transparency is paramount and can be lifesaving in a health crisis," it said. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-03-2020 3rd May, 2020 NEWS /HEALTH Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases? More than 3.4 million infections confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories, including at least 244,000 deaths. New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 244,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some 3.4 million infections have been confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories. More than 1.1 million people have recovered to date. More:
Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases: United States - 1,133,069 cases, 66,385 deaths Spain - 216,582 cases, 25,100 deaths Italy - 209,328 cases, 28,710 deaths United Kingdom - 183,500 cases, 28,205 deaths France - 168,518 cases, 24,763 deaths Germany - 164,967 cases, 6,812 deaths Turkey - 124,375 cases, 3,336 deaths Russia - 134,687 cases, 1,280 deaths Iran - 97,424 cases, 6,156 deaths Brazil - 97,100 cases, 6,761 deaths China - 83,959 cases, 4,637 deaths Canada - 57,927 cases, 3,684 deaths Belgium - 49,906 cases, 7,844 deaths Peru - 42,534 cases, 1,200 deaths Netherlands - 40,434 cases, 5,003 deaths India - 39,980 cases, 1,323 deaths Switzerland - 29,817cases, 1,762 deaths Ecuador - 27,464 cases, 1,371 deaths Portugal - 25,190 cases, 1,023 deaths Saudi Arabia - 25,459 cases, 176 deaths Sweden - 22,082 cases, 2,669 deaths Ireland - 21,176 cases, 1,286 deaths Mexico - 22,088 cases, 2,061 deaths Pakistan - 19,103 cases, 440 deaths Singapore - 17,548 cases, 16 deaths Chile - 18,435 cases, 247 deaths Israel - 16,193 cases, 230 deaths Austria - 15,597 cases, 598 deaths Belarus - 15,828 cases, 97 deaths Qatar - 14,872 cases, 12 deaths Japan - 14,571 cases, 474 deaths Poland - 13,3755 cases, 651 deaths United Arab Emirates - 13,599 cases, 119 deaths Romania - 13,163 cases, 780 deaths Ukraine - 11,913 cases, 288 deaths South Korea - 10,793 cases, 250 deaths Indonesia - 11,192 cases, 845 deaths Denmark - 9,605 cases, 475 deaths Serbia - 9,372 cases, 189 deaths Philippines - 9,223 cases, 607 deaths Bangladesh - 9,455 cases, 177 deaths Norway - 7,809 cases, 211 deaths Czech Republic - 7,755 cases, 245 deaths Dominican Republic - 7,578 cases, 326 deaths Colombia - 7,285 cases, 324 deaths Australia - 6,799 cases, 95 deaths Panama - 7,090 cases, 197 deaths Malaysia - 6,298 cases, 105 deaths South Africa - 6,336 cases, 123 deaths Egypt - 6,193 cases, 415 deaths Finland - 5,254 cases, 230 deaths Morocco - 4,880 cases, 174 deaths Argentina - 4,681 cases, 237 deaths Kuwait - 4,619 cases, 33 deaths Algeria - 4,295 cases, 459 deaths Moldova - 4,052 cases, 124 deaths Luxembourg - 3,812 cases, 92 deaths Kazakhstan - 3,857 cases, 25 deaths Bahrain - 3,356 cases, 8 deaths Thailand - 2,969 cases, 54 deaths Hungary - 2,998 cases, 340 deaths Greece - 2,620 cases, 143 deaths Oman - 2,568 cases, 12 deaths Afghanistan - 2,704 cases, 85 deaths Armenia - 2,386 cases, 35 deaths Nigeria - 2,388 cases, 85 deaths Iraq - 2,219 cases, 95 deaths Uzbekistan - 2,127 cases, 9 deaths Croatia - 2,088 cases, 77 deaths Ghana - 2,169 cases, 18 deaths Azerbaijan - 1,894 cases, 25 deaths Cameroon - 2,077 cases, 64 deaths Iceland - 1,798 cases, 10 deaths Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,857 cases, 77 deaths Estonia - 1,700 cases, 55 deaths Bulgaria - 1,588 cases, 69 deaths Cuba - 1,537 cases, 64 deaths Guinea - 1,537 cases, 7 deaths New Zealand - 1,485 cases, 20 deaths North Macedonia - 1,494 cases, 81 deaths Slovenia - 1,434 cases, 92 deaths Slovakia - 1,407 cases, 24 deaths Lithuania - 1,406 cases, 46 deaths Ivory Coast - 1,333 cases, 15 deaths Bolivia - 1,229 cases, 66 deaths Djibouti - 1,097 cases, 2 deaths Senegal - 1,024 cases, 9 deaths Tunisia - 998 cases, 41 deaths Honduras - 899 cases, 75 deaths Latvia - 871 cases, 16 deaths Cyprus - 857 cases, 15 deaths Kosovo - 806 cases, 22 deaths Albania - 782 cases, 31 deaths Kyrgyzstan - 769 cases, 8 deaths Andorra - 745 cases, 42 deaths Lebanon - 729 cases, 24 deaths Niger - 719 cases, 32 deaths Costa Rica - 725 cases, 6 deaths Sri Lanka - 690 cases, 7 deaths Burkina Faso - 649 cases, 44 deaths Uruguay - 643 cases, 17 deaths Guatemala - 644 cases, 16 deaths Democratic Republic of the Congo - 604 cases, 32 deaths Somalia - 601 cases, 28 deaths Georgia - 582 cases, 8 deaths San Marino - 580 cases, 41 deaths Sudan - 533 cases, 36 deaths Mali - 508 cases, 26 deaths Maldives - 491 cases, 1 death Tanzania - 480 cases, 16 deaths Malta - 467 cases, 4 deaths Jordan - 459 cases, 8 deaths El Salvador - 446 cases, 10 deaths Jamaica - 432 cases, 8 deaths Taiwan - 432 cases, 6 deaths Kenya - 435 cases, 22 deaths Occupied Palestinian territories - 353 cases, 2 deaths Venezuela - 335 cases, 10 deaths Paraguay - 333 cases, 10 deaths Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths Montenegro - 322 cases, 10 deaths Equatorial Guinea - 315 cases, 1 death Gabon - 276 cases, 3 deaths Vietnam - 270 cases Guinea-Bissau - 257 cases, 1 death Rwanda - 249 cases Republic of the Congo - 229 cases, 9 deaths Liberia - 152 cases, 18 deaths Myanmar - 151 cases, 6 deaths Brunei - 138 cases, 1 death Sierra Leone - 136 cases, 7 deaths Ethiopia - 133 cases, 3 deaths Madagascar - 132 cases Togo - 123 cases, 9 deaths Cape Verde - 122 cases, 1 death Cambodia - 122 cases Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths Zambia - 109 cases, 3 deaths Eswatini - 106 cases, 1 death Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths Benin - 90 cases, 2 death Haiti - 85 cases, 8 deaths Uganda - 85 cases Bahamas - 82 cases, 11 deaths Guyana - 82 cases, 9 deaths Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death Barbados - 81 cases, 7 deaths Mozambique - 79 cases Chad - 73 cases, 5 deaths Central African Republic - 72 cases Libya - 63 cases, 3 deaths Nepal - 59 cases South Sudan - 45 cases Syria - 44 cases, 3 deaths Zimbabwe - 40 cases, 4 deaths Eritrea - 39 cases Mongolia - 39 cases Malawi - 37 cases, 3 deaths Tajikistan - 32 cases Angola - 30 cases, 2 deaths Antigua and Barbuda - 25 cases, 3 deaths East Timor - 24 cases Botswana - 23 cases, 1 death Grenada - 20 cases Laos - 19 cases Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths Fiji - 18 cases Saint Lucia - 17 cases Dominica - 16 cases Namibia - 16 cases Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 16 cases Sao Tome and Principe - 16 cases, 1 death Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases Nicaragua - 14 cases, 3 deaths Gambia - 12 cases, 1 death Burundi - 11 cases, 1 death Vatican - 11 cases Seychelles - 11 cases Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death Mauritania - 8 cases, 1 death Papua New Guinea - 8 cases Bhutan - 7 cases Yemen - 7 cases, 2 deaths Western Sahara - 6 cases Comoros - 1 case RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-04-2020 Nigerian Police Force Reacts To Viral Video Of Woman Assaulting A Police Officer Following the viral video where a woman was seen assaulting a policeman https://www.nairaland.com/5833164/oyo-woman-slaps-policeman-trying#89141740 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm_lWy-efSg The Nigerian Police has reacted: Quote:COVID-19 ENFORCEMENT DUTY: IGP Condemns attack on Police Officers in Oyo https://www.facebook.com/127243240651077/posts/3855778747797489/ RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-04-2020 The US will have a COVID-19 vaccine 'by the end of the year' - Trump US President Donald Trump, has expressed optimism that there would be a Coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. Trump speaking to Fox News hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum inside the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, said the Coronavirus vaccine will come in 2020 while heaping praise on people willing to volunteer for clinical trials of the vaccine. 'We think we'll have a vaccine by the end of this year. And we're pushing very hard. We're building supply lines now and we don't even have the final vaccine,' Trump said. He pointed to Johnson & Johnson as one of such companies. 'Many companies, I think, are close,' he told the Fox News. When asked if his hopes of an American company producing the vaccine first didn't sound like his usual 'America First' rhetoric, and how he would feel if another country developed a successful vaccine first, Trump answered, 'I don't care,' 'I really just want to get a vaccine that works,'I really don't care. If it's another country, I'll take my hat off to them. We have to come up with a vaccine.' the president said. When asked if he was worried about people volunteering for vaccine trials, Trump replied; 'No, because they're volunteers,' Trump said. 'They know what they're getting into,' he added, calling those who sign up 'good people.' Trump also said he'll like to see therapeutics, too, that would work to cure patients who have COVID-19. 'I would rather have therapeutics, something to make people better, not a cure, at least a therapeutic,' Trump said. According to Trump the U.S. is working alongside Australia and the United Kingdom to develop a vaccine and said Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who became extremely ill from COVID-19 though he was going to die. 'He thought it was over, it was vicious,' Trump added. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-04-2020 US National security officials concerned China will extort the world if they develop a Coronavirus vaccine first National Security officials of the United States are concerned China could hasten it's development of a Coronavirus vaccine first, and use it to extort the world. The United States and China are locked in a race to develop a coronavirus vaccine as US security officials fear that the Asia country would use a successful vaccine as economic and diplomatic leverage. Coronavirus has sickened more than 3.3 million people worldwide, and experts believe ''whoever finds a workable vaccine right now basically rules the world. '' 'They know that whoever finds a workable vaccine right now basically rules the world,' a national security official told US media outlet Politico on condition of anonymity. Politico have published a report about the so-called vaccine war, describing fear among national security officials and public health experts . 'Often, Chinese offers of aid come with strings attached,' Matt Kroenig, a former Pentagon and CIA official who recently released a book examining American power competition with China, told Politico. 'So they could use it as a way to try to increase their influence and further push out the US.' One national security official acknowledged that 'China does have a head start' in the global effort to develop a vaccine. But the official added: 'They also have a pattern of theft and trying to steal everyone else's research. So you would think they'd be very benevolent [with the vaccine] so as not to be seen as a pariah.' According to Politico, Intelligence officials said there has been an increase in hacking attempts on US hospitals and labs, attributed to China Creating a vaccine first would have substantial economic implications and provide diplomatic leverage. Dr Ross McKinney Jr, the chief scientific officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, speaking to Politico said China being able to vaccinate its own population first would serve as a strong 'economic rudder' for China by allowing it to fully open its economy to global companies 'One of the great advantages the US has in this competition is that we have these 30 formal treaty allies with leading scientific research communities,' Kroenig said. 'So we could and should be doing a much better job of galvanizing allies and bringing them together [on the vaccine issue].' Last month, the US declined to join a virtual meeting called by the World Health Organization where global leaders committed to distributing a future coronavirus vaccine. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-04-2020 Piers Morgan steps back from TV after developing “Mild” Coronavirus symptoms British journalist, Piers Morgan has announced that he will temporarily step back from presenting ITV’s flagship morning show Good Morning Britain after developing a “mild” COVID-19 symptom. Morgan tweeted late last night, “On medical advice, and out of an abundance of caution for a mild symptom that arose in past 48hrs, I’ve had a test for COVID-19 and so won’t be working on GMB until I get the result back, which should be tomorrow.” Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid will take Pier Morgan's place as the host of Good Morning Britain amid Coronavirus fears. The announcement comes days Piers Morgan ended his 15-year friendship with Donald Trump with a brutal open letter to the US president after Trump unfollowed him on Twitter for criticizing his approach to the Coronavirus. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-04-2020 Over 4 million Italians flock to the streets today for the first time in two months after Government eases Coronavirus lockdown orders (photos) Over 4 million people in Italy took to the streets of Italy today, Monday, after the Italian Government eased lockdown rules in the country following the Coronavirus outbreak over two months ago. With almost 29,000 deaths from Covid-19 since its outbreak emerged on February 21, Italy has the world's second-highest toll after the United States and the Italian government imposed one of strictest lockdowns two months ago to curb the spread of the virus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte decided to adopt a slow approach to ending the lockdown, after seeing that the daily tally of fatalities and new infections have slowed down, prompting him to announce that Italians can resume work today, but all churches, mosques, bars, clubs and event centers will remain closed. "We are still in the full throes of the pandemic," Conte said in an interview with La Stampa newspaper on Sunday ahead of Monday's easing of lockdown, stressing the so-called "phase 2" of the lockdown "must not be seen as a signal that we're all free". Italian emergency response official Domenico Arcuri said: “From Monday, it's up to you. “We must maintain social distancing, maximum hygiene levels, and masks. We've done our bit to the best of our ability. More Photos below.. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-05-2020 5th May, 2020 NEWS /HEALTH Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases? More than 3.5 million infections confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories, including at least 248,000 deaths. New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 251,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some 3.5 million infections have been confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories. More than 1.2 million people have recovered to date. More:
Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases: United States - 1,180,634 cases, 68,934 deaths Spain - 218,011 cases, 25,428 deaths Italy - 211,938 cases, 29,079 deaths United Kingdom - 191,832 cases, 28,809 deaths France - 169,583 cases, 25,204 deaths Germany - 166,152 cases, 6,993 deaths Russia - 145,268 cases, 1,356 deaths Turkey - 127,659 cases, 3,461 deaths Brazil - 108,620 cases, 7,367 deaths Iran - 98,647 cases, 6,277 deaths China - 83,966 cases, 4,637 deaths Canada - 61,957 cases, 4,003 deaths Belgium - 50,267 cases, 7,924 deaths Peru - 47,372 cases, 1,344 deaths India - 46,476 cases, 1,571 deaths Netherlands - 40,968 cases, 5,098 deaths Switzerland - 29,981 cases, 1,784 deaths Ecuador - 31,881 cases, 1,569 deaths Saudi Arabia - 28,656 cases, 191 deaths Portugal - 25,524 cases, 1,063 deaths Mexico - 24,905 cases, 2,271 deaths Sweden - 22,721 cases, 2,769 deaths Ireland - 21,772 cases, 1,319 deaths Pakistan - 21,501 cases, 486 deaths Chile - 20,643 cases, 270 deaths Singapore - 18,778 cases, 18 deaths Belarus - 17,489 cases, 103 deaths Israel - 16,246 cases, 234 deaths Qatar - 16,191 cases, 12 deaths Austria - 15,621 cases, 600 deaths Japan - 15,078 cases, 536 deaths United Arab Emirates - 14,730 cases, 137 deaths Poland - 14,006 cases, 698 deaths Romania - 13,512 cases, 818 deaths Ukraine - 12,331 cases, 316 deaths Indonesia - 11,587 cases, 864 deaths South Korea - 10,804 cases, 254 deaths Bangladesh - 10,143 cases, 182 deaths Denmark - 9,868 cases, 493 deaths Philippines - 9,485 cases, 623 deaths Serbia - 9,557 cases, 197 deaths Dominican Republic - 8,235 cases, 346 deaths Norway - 7,904 cases, 214 deaths Czech Republic - 7,819 cases, 252 deaths Colombia - 7,973 cases, 358 deaths Panama - 7,389 cases, 203 deaths Australia - 6,849 cases, 97 deaths South Africa - 7,220 cases, 138 deaths Egypt - 6,813 cases, 436 deaths Malaysia - 6,353 cases, 105 deaths Finland - 5,327 cases, 240 deaths Kuwait - 5,278 cases, 40 deaths Morocco - 5,053 cases, 179 deaths Argentina - 4,887 cases, 260 deaths Algeria - 4,648 cases, 465 deaths Moldova - 4,248 cases, 132 deaths Kazakhstan - 4,121 cases, 29 deaths Luxembourg - 3,828 cases, 96 deaths Bahrain - 3,533 cases, 8 deaths Hungary - 3,065 cases, 363 deaths Thailand - 2,988 cases, 54 deaths Afghanistan - 2,894 cases, 90 deaths Oman - 2,637 cases, 12 deaths Greece - 2,632 cases, 146 deaths Nigeria - 2,802 cases, 93 deaths Armenia - 2,507 cases, 39 deaths Iraq - 2,346 cases, 98 deaths Uzbekistan - 2,189 cases, 10 deaths Ghana - 2,719 cases, 18 deaths Croatia - 2,101 cases, 80 deaths Cameroon - 2,104 cases, 64 deaths Azerbaijan - 1,984 cases, 26 deaths Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,926 cases, 78 deaths Iceland - 1,799 cases, 10 deaths Estonia - 1,703 cases, 55 deaths Bulgaria - 1,689 cases, 78 deaths Cuba - 1,668 cases, 69 deaths Bolivia - 1,681 cases, 82 deaths Guinea - 1,710 cases, 9 deaths North Macedonia - 1,518 cases, 85 deaths New Zealand - 1,486 cases, 20 deaths Slovenia - 1,439 cases, 97 deaths Lithuania - 1,419 cases, 46 deaths Slovakia - 1,413 cases, 25 deaths Ivory Coast - 1,432 cases, 17 deaths Senegal - 1,271 cases, 10 deaths Djibouti - 1,116 cases, 2 deaths Honduras - 1,178 cases, 83 deaths Tunisia - 1,018 cases, 43 deaths Latvia - 896 cases, 17 deaths Cyprus - 874 cases, 15 deaths Kosovo - 855 cases, 26 deaths Kyrgyzstan - 843 cases, 11 deaths Albania - 803 cases, 31 deaths Niger - 755 cases, 37 deaths Andorra - 750 cases, 45 deaths Lebanon - 740 cases, 25 deaths Costa Rica - 742 cases, 6 deaths Somalia - 756 cases, 35 deaths Sri Lanka - 755 cases, 8 deaths Guatemala - 730 cases, 19 deaths Democratic Republic of the Congo - 682 cases, 34 deaths Sudan - 678 cases, 41 deaths Burkina Faso - 672 cases, 46 deaths Uruguay - 657 cases, 17 deaths Georgia - 593 cases, 9 deaths San Marino - 582 cases, 41 deaths Mali - 580 cases, 29 deaths El Salvador - 587 cases, 13 deaths Maldives - 551 cases, 1 death Kenya - 490 cases, 24 deaths Malta - 480 cases, 4 deaths Tanzania - 480 cases, 16 deaths Jamaica - 471 cases, 9 deaths Jordan - 465 cases, 9 deaths Taiwan - 438 cases, 6 deaths Paraguay - 415 cases, 10 deaths Venezuela - 361 cases, 10 deaths Occupied Palestinian territories - 362 cases, 2 deaths Gabon - 367 cases, 6 deaths Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths Montenegro - 323 cases, 8 deaths Equatorial Guinea - 315 cases, 3 death Vietnam - 271 cases Rwanda - 261 cases Guinea-Bissau - 413 cases, 1 death Tajikistan - 230 cases, 3 deaths Republic of the Congo - 236 cases, 10 deaths Sierra Leone - 178 cases, 9 deaths Cape Verde - 175 cases, 2 deaths Liberia - 166 cases, 18 deaths Myanmar - 161 cases, 6 deaths Madagascar - 149 cases Ethiopia - 140 cases, 3 deaths Brunei - 138 cases, 1 death Zambia - 137 cases, 3 deaths Togo - 126 cases, 9 deaths Cambodia - 122 cases Chad - 117 cases, 10 deaths Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths Eswatini - 112 cases, 1 death Benin - 96 cases, 2 deaths Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths Uganda - 97 cases Haiti - 100 cases, 11 deaths Central African Republic - 85 cases Bahamas - 83 cases, 11 deaths Barbados - 82 cases, 7 deaths Guyana - 92 cases, 9 deaths Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death Mozambique - 80 cases Nepal - 82 cases Libya - 63 cases, 3 deaths South Sudan - 52 cases Syria - 44 cases, 3 deaths Malawi - 41 cases, 3 deaths Mongolia - 41 cases Eritrea - 39 cases Angola - 35 cases, 2 deaths Zimbabwe - 34 cases, 4 deaths Antigua and Barbuda - 25 cases, 3 deaths East Timor - 24 cases Botswana - 23 cases, 1 death Grenada - 21 cases Laos - 19 cases Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths Fiji - 18 cases Saint Lucia - 18 cases Gambia - 17 cases, 1 death Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 17 cases Dominica - 16 cases Namibia - 16 cases Sao Tome and Principe - 23 cases, 3 death Burundi - 15 cases, 1 death Nicaragua - 15 cases, 5 deaths Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases Vatican - 11 cases Seychelles - 11 cases Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death Yemen - 12 cases, 2 deaths Mauritania - 8 cases, 1 death Papua New Guinea - 8 cases Bhutan - 7 cases Western Sahara - 6 cases Comoros - 3 case RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-05-2020 UK overtakes Italy in highest Coronavirus death toll in Europe The United Kingdom has overtaken Italy as the country with highest official Coronavirus death toll in Europe. Figures released on Tuesday showed the fatalities in UK exceeds the death toll of 29,029 in Italy. Reuters reported that the weekly figures from Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) added more than 7,000 deaths in England and Wales, raising the total for the United Kingdom to 32,313 as of late April. Tuesday’s figures are based on death certificate mentions of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, including suspected cases. This has spiked fear of UK becoming one of the worst hit countries in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic which has killed over 250,000 people worldwide. Of the coronavirus deaths registered up to 1 May in England and Wales, 6,686 took place in care homes, which was 22.5% of all the deaths from the virus by that point, the ONS figures show. Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, tweeted; Quote:Latest ONS stats show that the dire situation in our social care sector is a crisis within a crisis. Any talk of being "past the peak" of this virus is meaningless given these figures. We need urgent action to get PPE to staff the frontline and tests for care workers Only the United States has suffered more deaths than Britain, according to the data so far. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-05-2020 Anti-lockdown Protests Around The World (Photos) Anti-lockdown protests around the world Source: https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/anti-lockdown-protests-around-the-world-idUSRTX7H61S RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - followersuk132 - 05-05-2020 week of dead bodies piled together at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Gov. ... Some appeared double stacked on the floor of what CNN reported was a ... David Harns, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Licensing and ... at 2,227 since the first cases of coronavirus were reported March 10. http://epicfollowers.co.uk/ RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-06-2020 Bodies of COVID-19 victims lie in the streets of Ecuador as death toll across Latin America passes 15,000 (Photos) Bodies of Coronavirus victims have been seen lying in the streets of the Ecuadorian capital. On Tuesday, Forensics experts were pictured attending to the corpse of a 65-year-old man suspected of contracting COVID-19 in Quito. The lifeless body was later loaded inside a coffin when funeral home workers arrived at the scene. Back in April, a body was seen laying oustide a clinic for three days in Guayaquil, Ecuador, while another was pictured outside Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital. Ecuador has more than 31,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 1,569 deaths. The toll across Latin America and the Caribbean passed 15,000 on Wednesday, with more than 280,000 cases reported. Experts believe that the pandemic will peak in Latin America in the coming days. See more photos below. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-07-2020 COVID-19: UK death toll hits 30,076 May 6, 2020 Robert Jenrick, the British’s Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government, on Wednesday, said that another 649 COVID-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, According to Jenrick, the statistics include deaths in all settings, including care homes, the wider community, and hospitals. The 38-year-old disclosed this to reporters while presiding the Downing Street daily briefing. He said that 69,463 tests were carried out on Tuesday, with a total of 201,101 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country. The latest records came one day after Britain overtook Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the virus. Jenrick maintained that it is too early to make international comparisons about the death toll in Britain. “It’s difficult to make international comparisons with certainty today, and there will be a time for that. “That is a hard calculation to do with accuracy today,” Jenrick said. About the planned easing of the lockdown in Britain, Jenrick said: “We want to ensure appropriate and safe social distancing, providing the public with the confidence to return to work and to return to public spaces and public transport knowing that it is always safe to do so.” RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-07-2020 Coronavirus worse than Pearl Harbor WWII bombing and 9/11 Al Qaeda attacks - Trump US President Donald Trump says the coronavirus pandemic has been worse for the United States than the 9/11 terror attacks by Al-qaeda and the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II, as he renews his criticism of China, saying the outbreak should have been stopped there. Coronavirus, since emerging from Wuhan, China has killed more than 73,000 and infected more than 1.2 million Americans. 9/11 terrorist attack Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Mr Trump said: "We went through the worst attack we've ever had on our country, this is worst attack we've ever had. "This is worse than Pearl Harbor, this is worse than the World Trade Center. There's never been an attack like this. "And it should have never happened. Could've been stopped at the source. Could've been stopped in China. It should've been stopped right at the source. And it wasn't." Asked by a reporter if he saw the pandemic as an actual act of war caused by China, Trump said the outbreak was America's foe, rather than China. "I view the invisible enemy [coronavirus] as a war," he said. "I don't like how it got here, because it could have been stopped, but no, I view the invisible enemy like a war." Trump's White House is weighing economic sanctions against China over its handling of the pandemic. RE: Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor - Edoman - 05-07-2020 Donald Trump's White House Navy valet reportedly tests positive for Coronavirus A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump's personal valets has reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus. CNN confirmed the news on Thursday, raising concerns about the President’s possible exposure to the virus. According to the publication, the valets are members of an elite military unit dedicated to the White House and often work very close to the President and first family. Trump was upset when he was informed Wednesday that the valet had tested positive, a source told CNN, and he was subsequently tested again by the White House physician. In a statement, the White House confirmed CNN's reporting that one of the President's valets had tested positive. "We were recently notified by the White House Medical Unit that a member of the United States Military, who works on the White House campus, has tested positive for Coronavirus," deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement. "The President and the Vice President have since tested negative for the virus and they remain in great health." A White House source said the valet, a man who has not been identified, exhibited "symptoms" Wednesday morning, and said the news that someone close to Trump had tested positive for coronavirus was "hitting the fan" in the West Wing. Trump and his vice Mike Pence, as well as the senior staffers who regularly interact with them, are still being tested weekly for coronavirus, two insiders told CNN. |