Coronavirus: Nurses step over dead bodies piled up on hospital floor

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Wuhan, the epicenter of Coronavirus pandemic, says it has no Coronavirus patients in hospitals







Health officials in Wuhan, the epicenter of the Coronavirus pandemic, that has affected over two million people worldwide causing 206,000 known deaths, have revealed that the city’s hospitals do not have any Coronavirus patients.
 

 
Mi Feng, the Chinese National Health Commission spokesman, said the number of new Covid-19 patients in the city was zero.
 
According to Mi Feng, the zero cases recorded in the city is as a result of coordinated efforts between medical personnel across China.
 

 
The lockdown in Wuhan was lifted on April 8 but there are still restrictions in the city as regards public transportation.

The Chinese government's reports of 'no cases' in Wuhan is supposed to be good news for the rest of the world, so countries know the disease can be neutralized, but major countries do not trust China's Coronavirus reporting anymore.
 
World leaders have accused China of suppressing key information about the virus early on, while the U.S. accused China of keeping the World Health Organization under it's control through out the pandemic leading to Trump freezing almost $400m of funding to the WHO.
 
China said it would donate an additional $30 million to the WHO in response to  the U.S. move.
 
Health experts in the US and Europe also question how China was so successful in controlling the virus when neighboring countries like Singapore have seen new outbreaks.

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New coronavirus drug may reduce sperm count – Chinese study

 April 27, 2020

New COVID-19 drug, remdwsivir, which is under clinical trial may reduce the sperm count in mice, a preliminary finding by Chinese researchers reveal.

The drug manufactured by Gilead Sciences Inc. was injected into 28 males and their sperm count and motility became low, according to the study conducted by Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital and Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital showed.


According to the study, there were also an increased number of abnormalities in the sperm.
The study has not been peer reviewed, but was published on the biology pre-print website operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.


Meanwhile, China said it plans to announce the results from the clinical tests which was conducted in Wuhan on Monday

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Senegal $1 COVID-19 Test Kit And $60 Ventilator (Video) 


While the rest of the world are trying figure out a practical way of combating the novel corona virus, Senegal has miraculously developed a covid19 test kit that cost approximately $1. Thats right! You read well, $1.

This is in line with their strategy of testing their total population and fishing out those who are infected. The test kit is conducting by taking blood and saliva samples of patients and due to its low cost of production there is plenty of kits to go round.

They've also created a ventilator that cost approximately $60 through the aid of 3d printing. It interesting to not that the average ventilator cost $15000.

Senegal has only 2 casualties from their over 600 cases and they've used a combinaton of antimalarial drugs to combat this illness.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXcxx0feIZ4

https://twitter.com/AfricaFactsZone/status/1254653550979887107?s=08

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Students wear social distancing headgears to class as schools resume in China (photos)








Life in China is now returning to normalcy since the outbreak of Coronavirus. 
 
With some schools slowly reopening after the long hiatus, one school in the city of Hangzhou have enforced social distancing by letting students wear DIY hats with 3-foot-long horizontal plumes.
 
Duke University professor, Eileen Chengyin Chow shared photos showing first graders at the Yangzheng Elementary School sitting in a classroom with desks arranged in single rows. 
 

 
In the pictures, the students were also pictured wearing face masks and colourful headgear with extended plumes made out of cardboard and, in one case, balloons.

According to Chinese outlet, The Paper, students at the school are allowed to wear the headgear to remind them to keep their distance from each other. 
 
This comes a day after the Hubei province health commission announced that Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, has no more hospitalized patients after the last 12 were discharged on Sunday. 
 
 

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Cuban doctors arrive South Africa to help the country fight Coronavirus







More than 200 doctors from Cuba have arrived in South Africa to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
The doctors, including community health and infectious disease specialists, arrived early Monday morning, April 27, and were welcomed by military and health authorities.
 
Overwhelmed with the increasing cases of Coronavirus, South Africa requested assistance from the Cuban government, which is sending more than 1,000 doctors to 22 countries, including Togo, Cape Verde and Angola in Africa.
 

 
South Africa has reported the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Africa, with at least 4,546 cases and 87 deaths.
 
Some of the Cuban doctors have been "in the frontline of fighting other outbreaks in the world such as cholera in Haiti in 2010, and Ebola in West Africa in 2013,” said South African health minister Zweli Mkhize.
 
The Cuban doctors who arrived in South Africa will be in qarantine for two weeks before starting work. 

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"The Coronavirus pandemic is far from over," World Health Organization says








The World's leading health body, the World Health Organization, has stated that the Coronavirus pandemic is far from over, even as major countries of the world relax lockdown orders so as to restart the economic and business life of it's citizenry.
 
Four million jobs have been furloughed in the UK alone, over 3 million people in the US have become unemployed while countries in Africa have been plunged even into more economics misery as the Coronavirus pandemic has affected small and large scale enterprises.
 

Covid-19 has infected more than 3 million people and killed at least 210,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.
 

More than 56,000 people have died in the United States, representing more than a quarter of all deaths worldwide.
 

Switzerland will allow some businesses to reopen today, while Italy plans to loosen some measures on May 4 but the WHO has warned such countries that the pandemic isn't over.


World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said;
“The pandemic is far from over,” he said at a news conference.


" We continue to be concerned about the increasing trends in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and some Asian countries."
“As in all regions, cases and deaths are underreported in many countries in these regions, because of low testing capacity,” Tedros said. 


“This virus will not be defeated if we are not united, if we are not united, the virus will exploit the cracks between us and continue to create havoc. Lives will be lost,” Tedros added. 

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Grammy-nominated gospel singer, Tory Sneed dies from Coronavirus complications







Grammy-nominated gospel singer, Tory Sneed has died from Coronavirus complications at the age of 52. 
 
Sneed who earned a Grammy nomination for his work on the Youth For Christ’s 1999 album “Higher", died early Monday April 27, at a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. 
 
The singer's friend and radio personality, KD Bowe penned down a tribute to him on social media. He wrote; 
 

 
‘I don’t know how to make sense of this. ‘
I’m not ok, man. Covid19 sucks. Will y’all please pray for Emily & the kids? Please? RIH, King. Or walk around it … all day. #RIPTroySneed.

 
The gospel music star released his first album 'Call Jesus' in 1999, following it up with another six – while his last, All Is Well was released in 2012. Over his career as a solo artist, Sneed had several hit songs within the gospel realm including Work It Out and My Heart Says Yes, which both peaked at number two on Billboard’s gospel chart. He’s also known for the upbeat Hallelujah.
 
The deceased helped form Youth For Christ, which was comprised of members between the ages of 12 and 18 from the Georgia Mass Choir. He served as a producer on Youth For Christ’s “The Struggle Is Over,” which landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s gospel songs chart in 2006.

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COVID-19: Countries With More Than 80% Recovery 


COVID-19: Countries With More Than 80% Recovery.

PS: The report is done on countries having at least 1000 cases and the data used in the report is based on worldometer statistics as at 12pm 28th March, 2020.

While the world has remain a firm believer in human race and our ability to overcome the pandemic,it seems like there is a ray of light shining for us. Some countries have recorded immense recovery of cases of Covid-19 in the last month. Here is a report to keep your faith alive.

TC- Total Cases
R- Recovery

China (94%)- 82,836(TC) 77,555®
Thailand (90%)- 2,938(TC) 2,652®
Iceland (90%)- 1,792(TC) 1,624®
Australia (84%)- 6,731(TC) 5,626®
Luxembourg (84%)-3,729(TC) 3,123®
New Zealand (82%)-1,472(TC) 1,214®
S Korea(82%)- 10,752(TC) 8,854®
Austria (81%)- 15,274(TC) 12,362®

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Also, It is to be noted that about 10 countries presently have their recovery between 70% and 79% including Germany, Iran and Switzerland

https://twitter.com/Tobimichael001/status/1255097197730955265?s=19

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Top ER doctor who treated Coronavirus patients, commits suicide after telling family about the trauma of witnessing patients die






A top emergency room (ER) doctor treating Coronavirus patients in New York City has died by suicide over the weekend, her family members have revealed.
 
Dr. Lorna M. Breen, 48, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Virginia on Sunday.
 

 
Breen's family said that in the days leading up to her death, she recounted series of traumatic scenes she'd witnessed working in the Manhattan hospital, including an onslaught of patients dying in front of her before they could even be removed from ambulances.  
 
Breen had recently contracted COVID-19 but had returned to work after a week-and-a-half of rest. After the hospital sent her home, she re-located to Charlottesville to recuperate under the instructions of her father, Dr. Philip C. Breen. 
 

Dr. Lorna Breen with her father
 
However, on Sunday, officers from the Charlottesville Police Department responded to a call seeking medical assistance after Breen made an attempt on her own life. 
 
"The victim was taken to U.V.A. Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed to self-inflicted injuries," department spokesperson Tyler Hawn told the New York Times.
 
Breen’s father recounted how she appeared troubled by the devastating scenes she had witnessed while working with coronavirus patients at Allen hospital.
 
"She tried to do her job, and it killed her," Phillip Breen told the Times. "She was truly in the trenches of the front line."
 
The grieving 71-year-old father said Breen had no history of mental illness, but during their final conversation together he noticed his daughter seemed detached and began to suspect something might be wrong.
 

 
"Make sure she’s praised as a hero, because she was," he urged. "She’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died."

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28th April, 2020



NEWS /HEALTH
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
Almost three million infections confirmed in at least 185 countries and territories, including some 208,000 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 211,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some three million infections have been confirmed in at least 185 countries and territories. More than 894,000 people have recovered to date.

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Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases:

United States - 988,469 cases, 56,253 deaths 
Spain - 229,422 cases, 23,521 deaths
Italy - 199,414 cases, 26,977 deaths
France - 165,977 cases, 23,327 deaths
Germany - 158,758 cases, 6,126 deaths
United Kingdom - 158,348 cases, 21,157 deaths
Turkey - 112,261 cases, 2,900 deaths
Iran - 91,472 cases, 5,806 deaths 
Russia - 87,147 cases, 794 deaths 
China - 83,938 cases, 4,637 deaths
Brazil - 67,446 cases, 4,603 deaths
Canada - 49,616 cases, 2,841 deaths
Belgium - 46,687 cases, 7,207 deaths
Netherlands - 38,440 cases, 4,534 deaths


India - 29,451 cases, 939 deaths
Switzerland - 29,164 cases, 1,665 deaths
Peru - 28,699 cases, 782 deaths
Portugal - 24,027 cases, 928 deaths
Ecuador - 23,240 cases, 663 deaths
Ireland - 19,648 cases,  1,102 deaths
Sweden - 18,926 cases, 2,274 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 18,811 cases, 144 deaths
Israel - 15,589 cases, 208 deaths
Mexico - 15,529 cases, 1,434 deaths
Austria - 15,274 cases, 549 deaths
Singapore - 14,951 cases, 14 deaths
Pakistan - 14,079 cases, 301 deaths 
Chile - 13,813 cases, 198 deaths
Japan - 13,614 cases, 385 deaths
Poland - 11,902 cases, 562 deaths 
Romania - 11,339 cases, 646 deaths
Belarus - 11,289 cases, 75 deaths
Qatar - 11,244 cases, 10 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 10,839 cases, 82 deaths
South Korea - 10,752 cases, 244 deaths
Ukraine - 9,410 cases, 239 deaths
Indonesia - 9,096 cases, 765 deaths
Denmark - 8,896 cases, 427 deaths
Philippines -  7,777, cases, 511 deaths
Norway - 7,599 cases, 205 deaths
Czech Republic - 7,449 cases, 223 deaths 


Australia - 6,721 cases, 83 deaths
Serbia - 6,630 cases, 125 deaths
Dominican Republic - 6,293 cases, 282 deaths
Panama - 6,021 cases, 167 deaths
Bangladesh - 5,913 cases, 152 deaths
Malaysia - 5,820 cases, 99 deaths
Colombia - 5,597 cases, 253 deaths
South Africa - 4,793 cases, 90 deaths
Egypt - 4,782 cases, 337 deaths
Finland - 4,695 cases, 193 deaths


Morocco - 4,120 cases, 162 deaths
Argentina - 4,003 cases, 197 deaths 
Luxembourg - 3,729 cases, 88 deaths
Algeria - 3,517 cases, 432 deaths 
Moldova - 3,481 cases, 102 deaths
Kuwait - 3,288 cases, 22 deaths
Kazakhstan - 2,950 cases, 25 deaths
Thailand - 2,938 cases, 54 deaths
Bahrain - 2,723 cases, 8 deaths 
Hungary - 2,649 cases, 291 deaths
Greece - 2,534 cases, 136 deaths
Oman - 2,049 cases, 10 deaths
Croatia - 2,039 cases, 59 deaths
Uzbekistan - 1,924 cases, 8 deaths
Armenia - 1,867 cases, 30 deaths
Iraq - 1,847 cases, 88 deaths
Iceland - 1,792 cases, 10 deaths

 
Cameroon - 1,705 cases, 58 deaths
Afghanistan - 1,703 cases, 58 deaths
Azerbaijan - 1,678 cases, 22 deaths
Estonia - 1,647 cases, 50 deaths
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,565 cases, 60 deaths
Ghana - 1,550 cases, 11 deaths 
New Zealand - 1,472 cases, 19 deaths

Lithuania - 1,449 cases, 41 deaths
Slovenia - 1,402 cases, 83 deaths
North Macedonia - 1,399 cases, 65 deaths
Cuba - 1,389 cases, 56 deaths
Bulgaria - 1,387 cases, 58 deaths
Slovakia - 1,381 cases, 20 deaths
Nigeria - 1,337 cases, 40 deaths
Ivory Coast - 1,164 cases, 14 deaths 
Guinea - 1,163 cases, 7 deaths
Djibouti - 1,035 cases, 2 deaths
Bolivia - 1,014 cases, 53 deaths
Tunisia - 967 cases, 39 deaths
Latvia - 836 cases, 13 deaths
Cyprus - 822 cases, 15 deaths
Andorra - 743 cases, 40 deaths


Albania - 736 cases, 28 deaths
Senegal - 736 cases, 9 deaths
Lebanon - 710 cases, 24 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 708 cases, 8 deaths
Honduras - 702 cases, 64 deaths
Niger - 701 cases, 29 deaths
Costa Rica - 697 cases, 6 deaths
Burkina Faso - 635 cases, 42 deaths
Uruguay - 620 cases, 15 deaths
Sri Lanka - 588 cases, 7 deaths
San Marino - 538 cases, 41 deaths
Guatemala - 530 cases, 15 deaths
Georgia - 511 cases, 6 deaths
Kosovo - 510 cases, 12 deaths
Somalia - 480 cases, 26 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 459 cases, 30 deaths
Malta - 450 cases, 4 deaths
Jordan - 449 cases, 7 deaths
Taiwan - 429 cases, 6 deaths
Mali - 408 cases, 23 deaths 


Jamaica - 364 cases, 7 deaths
Kenya - 363 cases, 14 deaths
El Salvador - 345 cases, 8 deaths
Occupied Palestinian territories - 342 cases, 2 deaths
Mauritius - 334 cases, 10 deaths
Venezuela - 329 cases, 10 deaths
Montenegro - 321 cases, 7 deaths
Tanzania - 299 cases, 10 deaths
Sudan - 275 cases, 22 deaths
Vietnam - 270 cases
Equatorial Guinea - 258 cases, 1 death
Paraguay - 230 cases, 9 deaths
Maldives - 226 cases
Gabon - 221 cases, 3 deaths 
Republic of the Congo - 207 cases, 8 deaths
Rwanda - 207 cases



Myanmar - 146 cases, 5 deaths
Brunei - 138 cases, 1 death
Liberia - 133 cases, 16 deaths
Madagascar - 128 cases
Ethiopia - 124 cases, 3 deaths
Cambodia - 122 cases
Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths
Cape Verde - 109 cases, 1 death
Sierra Leone - 99 cases, 4 deaths
Togo - 99 cases, 6 deaths
Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths
Zambia - 89 cases, 3 deaths 
Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death
Bahamas - 80 cases, 11 deaths
Barbados - 80 cases, 6 deaths
Uganda - 79 cases

Haiti - 76 cases, 6 deaths
Mozambique - 76 cases
Guyana - 74 cases, 8 deaths
Guinea-Bissau - 73 cases, 1 death
Eswatini - 65 cases, 1 death
Benin - 64 cases, 1 death
Libya - 61 cases, 2 deaths
Nepal - 52 cases
Central African Republic - 50 cases
Chad - 46 cases
Syria - 43 cases, 3 deaths
Eritrea - 39 cases
Mongolia - 38 cases
Malawi - 36 cases, 3 deaths
Zimbabwe - 32 cases, 4 deaths
Angola - 27 cases, 2 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda - 24 cases, 3 deaths
East Timor - 24 cases
Botswana - 22 cases, 1 death
Laos - 19 cases
Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths
Fiji - 18 cases
Grenada - 18 cases
Dominica - 16 cases
Namibia - 16 cases


Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases
Saint Lucia - 15 cases
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 15 cases
Nicaragua - 13 cases, 3 deaths
Burundi - 11 cases, 1 death
Seychelles - 11 cases
Gambia - 10 cases, 1 death
Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death
Vatican - 9 cases
Papua New Guinea - 8 cases
Sao Tome and Principe - 8 cases
Bhutan - 7 cases
Mauritania - 7 cases, 1 death
South Sudan - 6 cases
Western Sahara - 6 cases
Yemen - 1 case

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[b]Coronavirus: Oxford Vaccine Works On Monkeys


Coronavirus vaccine being tested at Oxford Uni left monkeys ‘virus free in one month’[/b]

A POTENTIAL coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University has kept monkeys immune from the deadly virus for a month.

The promising results comes after top Government experts warned a vaccine might be the only way out of the crisis.

Last month six rhesus macaque monkeys at a testing facility in the US were injected with a single dose of the vaccine developed at Oxford University, according to The New York Times.

All of the monkeys were then exposed to COVID-19, which had made other monkeys without the vaccine sick.

Four weeks later, all six monkeys who had been injected with the vaccine showed no signs of coronavirus.

Lead researcher Dr Vincent Munster said: "The rhesus macaque is pretty much the closest thing we have to humans."

Around 100 potential COVID-19 vaccine projects are underway around the world, as scientists race to find a vaccine.

At least five of these are in preliminary testing - what is known as phase 1 human trials.

If the scientists find a successful vaccine at least a few million doses could be pumped out by manufacturers by September.

Professor Sarah Gilbert is leading the Oxford trials for vaccine, has said she is 80 per cent confident in producing a working virus..

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/11497966/coronavirus-vaccine-monkeys-immune-oxford/amp/


 

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Doctors strip naked to protest lack of protective equipment (photos)







A number of German doctors have stripped naked in a series of photos to show how vulnerable they feel without adequate protective equipment while fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
 
The group calls its protest Blanke Bedenken, which translates as "naked concerns". They stated that shortages of protective clothing and equipment are putting their lives at risk.
 

 
"We are your general practitioners. To treat you safely, we need protective equipment. If we run out of what little we have, we look like this," one of the group’s tweets said next to a naked photo of a male physician.
 
On its site, the group, which was launched last Thursday and has since garnered growing attention online, has featured more photos of doctors posing in their medical practices, some wearing nothing but a stethoscope, hiding their private parts behind medical equipment, paperwork and toilet rolls.
 

 
In one of the photos a doctor holds up a sign that reads in German, "I learned to sew wounds. Why do I now need to know how to sew masks?"
 
German health workers, just like health workers in many other countries, have appealed for more personal protective equipment (PPE) since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic.
 
On its website, Blanke Bedenken says its members were inspired by Alain Colombie, a family doctor in Pomérols, France, who posed naked in his practice to draw attention to insufficient protection for general practitioners.
 

 
In the photos, Colombie wore an armband with the words "cannon fodder" on it to highlight the problem.

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False belief that methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran








The false belief that toxic methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran.
 
The national coroner's authority in the country said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7.
 
Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report.
 
An adviser to the Health Ministry, Hossein Hassanian confirmed the news, saying that the difference in death tallies is because some alcohol poisoning victims died outside of the hospital.
 
'Some 200 people died outside of hospitals', Hassanian said.
 
The Iranian health ministry spokesman said that 525 people have died from swallowing toxic methanol alcohol since February 20, state TV reported this week.
 
Jahanpour said a total of 5,011 people had been poisoned from methanol alcohol, adding that about 90 people had lost their eyesight or were suffering eye damage from the alcohol poisoning.
 
Alcohol poisoning has skyrocketed by ten times in Iran in the past year, according to a government report released earlier in April, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
 
 Iran is facing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the Middle East with 5,806 deaths and more than 91,000 confirmed cases.

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29th April, 2020


NEWS /HEALTH
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
More than three million infections confirmed in at least 185 countries and territories, including some 217,000 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 215,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some three million infections have been confirmed in at least 185 countries and territories. More than 920,000 people have recovered to date.

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Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases:

United States - 1,012,583 cases, 58,355 deaths 
Spain - 232,128 cases, 23,822 deaths
Italy - 201,505 cases, 27,359 deaths
France - 169,053 cases, 23,327 deaths
United Kingdom - 162,350 cases, 21,745 deaths
Germany - 159,912 cases, 6,314 deaths
Turkey - 114,653 cases, 2,992 deaths
Russia - 93,558 cases, 867 deaths 
Iran - 92,584 cases, 5,877 deaths 
China - 83,938 cases, 4,637 deaths
Brazil - 68,188 cases, 4,674 deaths
Canada - 50,708 cases, 2,957 deaths
Belgium - 47,334 cases, 7,331 deaths
Netherlands - 38,612 cases, 4,582 deaths


India - 29,451 cases, 939 deaths
Switzerland - 29,264 cases, 1,669 deaths
Peru - 28,699 cases, 782 deaths
Portugal - 24,322 cases, 948 deaths
Ecuador - 24,258 cases, 871 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 20,077 cases, 152 deaths
Ireland - 19,877 cases,  1,159 deaths
Sweden - 19,621 cases, 2,355 deaths
Israel - 15,589 cases, 208 deaths
Mexico - 15,529 cases, 1,434 deaths
Austria - 15,357 cases, 569 deaths
Singapore - 14,951 cases, 14 deaths
Pakistan - 14,612 cases, 312 deaths 
Chile - 14,365 cases, 207 deaths
Japan - 13,614 cases, 385 deaths
Poland - 12,218 cases, 596 deaths 
Belarus - 12,208 cases, 79 deaths
Qatar - 11,921 cases, 10 deaths
Romania - 11,616 cases, 663 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 11,380 cases, 89 deaths
South Korea - 10,752 cases, 244 deaths
Indonesia - 9,511 cases, 773 deaths
Ukraine - 9,410 cases, 239 deaths
Denmark - 9,049 cases, 434 deaths
Philippines -  7,958 cases, 530 deaths
Norway - 7,619 cases, 206 deaths
Czech Republic - 7,486 cases, 225 deaths 


Australia - 6,733 cases, 88 deaths
Serbia - 6,630 cases, 125 deaths
Bangladesh - 6,462 cases, 155 deaths
Dominican Republic - 6,416 cases, 286 deaths
Panama - 6,021 cases, 167 deaths
Malaysia - 5,851 cases, 100 deaths
Colombia - 5,597 cases, 253 deaths
Egypt - 5,042 cases, 337 deaths
South Africa - 4,793 cases, 93 deaths
Finland - 4,740 cases, 199 deaths


Morocco - 4,252 cases, 165 deaths
Argentina - 4,003 cases, 197 deaths 
Luxembourg - 3,741 cases, 89 deaths
Algeria - 3,649 cases, 437 deaths 
Moldova - 3,638 cases, 103 deaths
Kuwait - 3,440 cases, 22 deaths
Kazakhstan - 3,027 cases, 25 deaths
Thailand - 2,938 cases, 54 deaths
Bahrain - 2,810 cases, 8 deaths 
Hungary - 2,649 cases, 291 deaths
Greece - 2,566 cases, 138 deaths
Oman - 2,131 cases, 10 deaths
Croatia - 2,047 cases, 63 deaths
Uzbekistan - 1,939 cases, 8 deaths
Iraq - 1,928 cases, 90 deaths
Armenia - 1,867 cases, 30 deaths
Afghanistan - 1,828 cases, 58 deaths
Iceland - 1,795 cases, 10 deaths
Azerbaijan - 1,717 cases, 22 deaths
Cameroon - 1,705 cases, 58 deaths
Ghana - 1,671 cases, 16 deaths 
Estonia - 1,660 cases, 50 deaths
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,585 cases, 63 deaths
New Zealand - 1,472 cases, 19 deaths

Cuba - 1,437 cases, 586 deaths
North Macedonia - 1,421 cases, 71 deaths
Slovenia - 1,408 cases, 86 deaths
Bulgaria - 1,399 cases, 58 deaths
Slovakia - 1,384 cases, 20 deaths
Lithuania - 1,344 cases, 44 deaths
Nigeria - 1,532 cases, 44deaths
Ivory Coast - 1,164 cases, 14 deaths 
Guinea - 1,163 cases, 7 deaths
Djibouti - 1,035 cases, 2 deaths
Bolivia - 1,014 cases, 53 deaths
Tunisia - 967 cases, 39 deaths
Cyprus - 837 cases, 15 deaths
Latvia - 836 cases, 13 deaths


Senegal - 823 cases, 9 deaths
Albania - 750 cases, 30 deaths
Andorra - 743 cases, 40 deaths
Lebanon - 717 cases, 24 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 708 cases, 8 deaths
Honduras - 702 cases, 64 deaths
Niger - 701 cases, 29 deaths
Costa Rica - 697 cases, 6 deaths
Burkina Faso - 635 cases, 42 deaths
Uruguay - 620 cases, 15 deaths
Sri Lanka - 619 cases, 7 deaths
San Marino - 538 cases, 41 deaths
Guatemala - 530 cases, 15 deaths
Somalia - 528 cases, 28 deaths
Georgia - 511 cases, 6 deaths
Kosovo - 510 cases, 12 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 471 cases, 30 deaths
Malta - 458 cases, 4 deaths
Jordan - 449 cases, 7 deaths
Taiwan - 429 cases, 6 deaths
Mali - 424 cases, 24 deaths 


Kenya - 374 cases, 14 deaths
Jamaica - 364 cases, 7 deaths
El Salvador - 345 cases, 8 deaths
Occupied Palestinian territories - 342 cases, 2 deaths
Mauritius - 334 cases, 10 deaths
Venezuela - 329 cases, 10 deaths
Montenegro - 321 cases, 7 deaths
Sudan - 318 cases, 25 deaths
Tanzania - 299 cases, 10 deaths
Vietnam - 270 cases
Equatorial Guinea - 258 cases, 1 death
Maldives - 245 cases
Paraguay - 230 cases, 9 deaths
Gabon - 211 cases, 3 deaths 
Republic of the Congo - 207 cases, 8 deaths
Rwanda - 207 cases



Myanmar - 149 cases, 5 deaths
Liberia - 141 cases, 16 deaths
Brunei - 138 cases, 1 death
Madagascar - 128 cases
Ethiopia - 126 cases, 3 deaths
Cambodia - 122 cases
Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths
Cape Verde - 114 cases, 1 death
Sierra Leone - 104 cases, 4 deaths
Togo - 99 cases, 6 deaths
Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths
Zambia - 95 cases, 3 deaths 
Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death
Bahamas - 80 cases, 11 deaths
Barbados - 80 cases, 6 deaths
Uganda - 79 cases

Haiti - 76 cases, 6 deaths
Mozambique - 76 cases
Guyana - 74 cases, 8 deaths
Guinea-Bissau - 73 cases, 1 death
Eswatini - 71 cases, 1 death
Benin - 64 cases, 1 death
Libya - 61 cases, 2 deaths
Nepal - 54 cases
Chad - 52 cases, 2 deaths
Central African Republic - 50 cases
Syria - 43 cases, 3 deaths
Eritrea - 39 cases
Mongolia - 38 cases
Malawi - 36 cases, 3 deaths
Zimbabwe - 32 cases, 4 deaths
Angola - 27 cases, 2 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda - 24 cases, 3 deaths
East Timor - 24 cases
Botswana - 22 cases, 1 death
Laos - 19 cases
Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths
Fiji - 18 cases
Grenada - 18 cases
Dominica - 16 cases
Namibia - 16 cases


Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases
Saint Lucia - 15 cases
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 15 cases
Nicaragua - 13 cases, 3 deaths
Burundi - 11 cases, 1 death
Seychelles - 11 cases
Gambia - 10 cases, 1 death
Vatican - 10 cases
Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death
Papua New Guinea - 8 cases
Sao Tome and Principe - 8 cases
Bhutan - 7 cases
Mauritania - 7 cases, 1 death
South Sudan - 6 cases
Western Sahara - 6 cases
Yemen - 1 case

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Brits to be advised to wear face mask at work, in shops or on transport with Coronavirus lockdown set to last into 2021








The British Government will advise its citizens to wear face masks at work, in shops, or on public transport with Coronavirus lockdown set to last into 2021.
 
According to The Sun, Government’s top scientists met on Tuesday to decide on the face-covering move to help stop the coronavirus spread, amid fears that social distancing will roll into 2021, as chances of a vaccine within a year are slim.

This comes after a Britain’s top doctor issued a warning that the nation may have to live with tough social distancing measures for “the next calendar year”.

Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty also stressed that the chances of a vaccine in the next year were “incredibly small”.
 
He said: “In the long run, the exit from this is going to be one of two things, ideally.
 
“A vaccine, and there are a variety of ways they can be deployed . . . or highly effective drugs so that people stop dying of this disease even if they catch it.”

But he added: “The probability of having those any time in the next calendar year are incredibly small and I think we should be realistic about that.
 
“We’re going to have to rely on other social measures, which of course are very socially disruptive as everyone is finding at the moment. “But it’s going to take a long time.”

Earlier this week, The Sun exclusively reported that Brits should not expect to see a return to normal life in 2020, because ministers are expected to issue the masking advice as soon as the weekend.

The publication claimed that the new guidance will be for any face-covering to be used, even just a scarf, and will apply to all who go into confined spaces with others where it is difficult to observe the two-metre distancing rule.

Compulsory orders to wear masks are not expected, but it was reported that it may happen when the lockdown restrictions loosen.

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Experimental drug, Remdesivir proves effective against Coronavirus - New US Study shows







An experimental drug, Remdesvir, has proved effective against the new Coronavirus in a major study done by the National Institutes of Health, the US Government have announced .
 
White House health advisor and top US infectious diseases expert, Dr Anthony Fauci has revealed that data collected from the Coronavirus drug trial testing with the antiviral drug Remdesivir showed 'quite good news' and has set a new standard of care for COVID-19 patients. 
 
                
 
According to the study led by the US National Institute of Health, the drug shortens the time it takes for patients to recover by four days on average, and it is the first drug treatment to pass such a strict test against the virus.


Remdesivir, produced by Gilead Sciences was tested in 1,063 hospitalized Coronavirus patients around the world and according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the drug reduced the time it takes patients to recover by 31%, 11 days on average versus 15 days for those just given usual care.
 
Fauci also said the drug led to fewer deaths among Covid-19 patients.

“What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus,” Fauci said Wednesday night. “This will be the standard of care."
 
Covid-19 has killed close to 300,000 people since it emerged late last year in China and a treatment that works against it could greatly slow down the death rate.
 
A statement from the US Food and Drug Administration says that the agency has been talking with California-based Gilead “regarding making remdesivir available to patients as quickly as possible, as appropriate.”

“We are excited and optimistic,” said one expert, Vanderbilt University’s Dr. Mark Denison whose laboratory first tested remdesivir against other coronaviruses in 2013 .

“It’s active against every coronavirus that we’ve ever tested,” he said. “It was very hard for the virus to develop resistance to remdesivir. That means the drug would likely be effective over longer term use.”
 
The company producing the drugs have revealed  that it would publish it's results and findings in a medical journal soon.

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30th April, 2020


NEWS /HEALTH
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
More than three million infections confirmed in at least 185 countries and territories, including some 224,562 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 227,670 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some 3.1 million infections have been confirmed in at least 185 countries and territories. More than 973,460 people have recovered to date.

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Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases:

United States - 1,039,909 cases, 60,966 deaths 
Spain - 236,899 cases, 24,275 deaths
Italy - 203,591 cases, 27,682 deaths
France - 169,053 cases, 23,694 deaths
United Kingdom - 166,440 cases, 26,166 deaths
Germany - 160,479 cases, 6,374 deaths
Turkey - 117,589 cases, 3,081 deaths
Russia - 99,399 cases, 972 deaths 
Iran - 94,640 cases, 6,028 deaths 
China - 83,944 cases, 4,637 deaths
Brazil - 74,685 cases, 5,513 deaths
Canada - 52,865 cases, 3,155 deaths
Belgium - 48,519 cases, 7,594 deaths
Netherlands - 38,998 cases, 4,727 deaths


India - 33,062 cases, 1,079 deaths
Peru - 33,931 cases, 943 deaths
Switzerland - 29,586 cases, 1,716 deaths
Portugal - 24,505 cases, 973 deaths
Ecuador - 24,675 cases, 883 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 21,402 cases, 157 deaths
Sweden - 20,302 cases, 2,462 deaths
Ireland - 20,253 cases,  1,190 deaths
Mexico - 17,799 cases, 1,732 deaths
Israel - 15,870 cases, 219 deaths
Singapore - 16,169 cases, 14 deaths
Pakistan - 15,759 cases, 346 deaths 
Austria - 15,452 cases, 584 deaths
Chile - 15,135 cases, 216 deaths
Japan - 13,965 cases, 425 deaths
Belarus - 14,027 cases, 89 deaths
Poland - 12,781 cases, 628 deaths 
Qatar - 12,564 cases, 10 deaths
Romania - 12,240 cases, 695 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 12,481 cases, 105 deaths
South Korea - 10,765 cases, 247 deaths
Ukraine - 10,406 cases, 261 deaths
Indonesia - 10,118 cases, 792 deaths
Denmark - 9,356 cases, 443 deaths
Philippines -  8,488 cases, 568 deaths
Norway - 7,710 cases, 207 deaths
Czech Republic - 7,581 cases, 227 deaths 


Bangladesh - 7,667 cases, 168 deaths
Australia - 6,754 cases, 92 deaths
Dominican Republic - 6,652 cases, 293 deaths
Serbia - 6,630 cases, 125 deaths
Panama - 6,378 cases, 178 deaths
Colombia - 6,211 cases, 278 deaths
Malaysia - 6,002 cases, 102 deaths
Egypt - 5,268 cases, 380 deaths
South Africa - 5,350 cases, 103 deaths
Finland - 4,995 cases, 206 deaths


Morocco - 4,359 cases, 168 deaths
Argentina - 4,285 cases, 214 deaths 
Algeria - 3,848 cases, 444 deaths 
Moldova - 3,771 cases, 116 deaths
Luxembourg - 3,769 cases, 89 deaths
Kuwait - 3,740 cases, 26 deaths
Kazakhstan - 3,273 cases, 25 deaths
Thailand - 2,954 cases, 54 deaths
Bahrain - 2,921 cases, 8 deaths 
Hungary - 2,775 cases, 312 deaths
Greece - 2,576 cases, 139 deaths
Oman - 2,348 cases, 11 deaths
Croatia - 2,062 cases, 69 deaths
Uzbekistan - 2,017 cases, 9 deaths
Afghanistan - 2,171 cases, 64 deaths
Armenia - 2,066 cases, 32 deaths
Iraq - 2,003 cases, 92 deaths
Cameroon - 1,832 cases, 61 deaths
Iceland - 1,797 cases, 10 deaths
Azerbaijan - 1,766 cases, 23 deaths
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,757 cases, 69 deaths
Ghana - 2,074 cases, 17 deaths 
Estonia - 1,689 cases, 52 deaths
Nigeria - 1,728 cases, 51 deaths
New Zealand - 1,476 cases, 19 deaths

Cuba - 1,467 cases, 58 deaths
Bulgaria - 1,488 cases, 65 deaths
North Macedonia - 1,442 cases, 73 deaths
Slovenia - 1,429 cases, 91 deaths
Slovakia - 1,396 cases, 23 deaths
Lithuania - 1,385 cases, 45 deaths
Guinea - 1,351 cases, 7 deaths
Ivory Coast - 1,238 cases, 14 deaths 
Djibouti - 1,077 cases, 2 deaths
Bolivia - 1,110 cases, 59 deaths
Tunisia - 980 cases, 40 deaths
Senegal - 933 cases, 9 deaths
Latvia - 858 cases, 15 deaths
Cyprus - 843 cases, 15 deaths


Albania - 773 cases, 31 deaths
Andorra - 743 cases, 42 deaths
Honduras - 771 cases, 71 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 746 cases, 8 deaths
Lebanon - 725 cases, 24 deaths
Niger - 713 cases, 32 deaths
Costa Rica - 713 cases, 6 deaths
Burkina Faso - 641 cases, 43 deaths
Sri Lanka - 649 cases, 7 deaths
Uruguay - 630 cases, 15 deaths
Somalia - 582 cases, 28 deaths
San Marino - 563 cases, 41 deaths
Guatemala - 557 cases, 16 deaths
Georgia - 539 cases, 6 deaths
Kosovo - 510 cases, 12 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 500 cases, 31 deaths
Mali - 482 cases, 25 deaths 
Malta - 465 cases, 4 deaths
Jordan - 451 cases, 8 deaths
Taiwan - 429 cases, 6 deaths


Kenya - 384 cases, 15 deaths
Jamaica - 396 cases, 7 deaths
El Salvador - 395 cases, 9 deaths
Occupied Palestinian territories - 344 cases, 2 deaths
Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths
Venezuela - 331 cases, 10 deaths
Montenegro - 322 cases, 7 deaths
Sudan - 375 cases, 28 deaths
Tanzania - 480 cases, 10 deaths
Equatorial Guinea - 351 cases, 1 death
Vietnam - 270 cases
Maldives - 301 cases
Paraguay - 249 cases, 9 deaths
Gabon - 276 cases, 3 deaths 
Rwanda - 225 cases
Republic of the Congo - 207 cases, 8 deaths



Myanmar - 149 cases, 5 deaths
Liberia - 141 cases, 16 deaths
Brunei - 138 cases, 1 death
Madagascar - 128 cases
Ethiopia - 131 cases, 3 deaths
Cambodia - 122 cases
Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths
Cape Verde - 113 cases, 1 death
Sierra Leone - 124 cases, 7 deaths
Togo - 109 cases, 7 deaths
Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths
Zambia - 97 cases, 3 deaths 
Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death
Bahamas - 80 cases, 11 deaths
Barbados - 80 cases, 7 deaths
Uganda - 81 cases

Haiti - 76 cases, 7 deaths
Mozambique - 76 cases
Guyana - 78 cases, 8 deaths
Guinea-Bissau - 73 cases, 1 death
Eswatini - 91 cases, 1 death
Benin - 64 cases, 1 death
Libya - 61 cases, 2 deaths
Nepal - 57 cases
Chad - 52 cases, 2 deaths
Central African Republic - 50 cases
Syria - 43 cases, 3 deaths
Eritrea - 39 cases
Mongolia - 38 cases
Malawi - 36 cases, 3 deaths
Zimbabwe - 40 cases, 4 deaths
Angola - 27 cases, 2 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda - 24 cases, 3 deaths
East Timor - 24 cases
Botswana - 23 cases, 1 death
Laos - 19 cases
Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths
Fiji - 18 cases
Grenada - 18 cases
Dominica - 16 cases
Namibia - 16 cases


Saint Kitts and Nevis - 16 cases
Saint Lucia - 15 cases
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 15 cases
Nicaragua - 13 cases, 3 deaths
Burundi - 11 cases, 1 death
Seychelles - 11 cases
Gambia - 11 cases, 1 death
Vatican - 10 cases
Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death
Papua New Guinea - 8 cases
Sao Tome and Principe - 8 cases
Bhutan - 7 cases
Mauritania - 7 cases, 1 death
South Sudan - 6 cases
Western Sahara - 6 cases
Yemen - 1 case

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Bill Gates lists things that must be done for life to "get back to normal" as nations ease lockdown restrictions amid Coronavirus pandemic






The second richest man in the world, Bill Gates, has revealed what governments across the world must do if life is to go back to normal, as countries relax lockdown restrictions enforced due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Gates who is now a leading voice on how to fight Coronavirus and has granted numerous interviews on how to fight it since it started, has recommended four things for life to "get back to normal"
 
The Microsoft founder released the list ahead of his Thursday night's CNN Town Hall interview with White House Infectious disease expert Dr Fauci .
 
The list reads;


1..Testing: Gates suggests various strategies to advance current testing methods including at-home test kits and consistent standards about who can get tested.


2.Contact Tracing: Gates suggests following Germany’s model. Interview everyone who tests positive and use a database to make sure someone follows up with all their contacts. 

However, this relies on the infected person reporting their contacts accurately and requires a lot of staff to follow up with everyone in person. Gates suggest technology may be more adept at this, such as apps that help you remember where you’ve been or using cell phones.


3. Effective Treatment: Right now, there is no treatment for Covid-19. On Wednesday, Fauci expressed optimism about an experimental drug called remdesevir, which is still in the trial phase. Other drugs like hydroxychloroquine have received a lot of attention but are still being studied. 

Treatments such as convalescent plasma – drawing blood from patients who have recovered from Covid-19, making sure it is free of the coronavirus and other infections, and giving the plasma and the antibodies it contains to sick people – look promising. But there is no magic drug experts can fully support yet.


4.A Vaccine: Many countries and companies around the world are working at break-neck speed to develop a vaccine faster — and there are promising signs. Gates is particularly excited about pursuing a new approach called an “RNA vaccine.” 


He said: “Unlike a flu shot, which contains fragments of the influenza virus so your immune system can learn to attack them, an RNA vaccine gives your body the genetic code needed to produce viral fragments on its own,” So, once your body senses traces of the infection, it attacks it. 
 

As at Thursday, the COVID-19 death toll in the US stands at over 63,000.

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Comoros confirms first COVID-19 case as Lesotho remains the only country in Africa without Coronavirus 









Comoros has announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case, as Lesotho remains the only country in Africa without Coronavirus.
 
"On this day of April 30, 2020, the government declares the first case of COVID-19 on the Comoros," President Azali Assoumani said during an address to the nation on Thursday evening. 
 
The case involves a man in his 50s who came into contact with a French-Comorian national with recent travel history to France.
 
"The patient's medical condition is gradually improving," Azali assured, adding that his contacts were being traced.  
 
Borders are closed in Comoros while a curfew between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. is in effect. But Assoumani said he is yet to impose a full lockdown because most of the population lives off informal work.
 
"At this stage of the pandemic, we cannot afford to adopt measures that could lead to social and economic drama," he added.
 
The president also confirmed that contact tracing is being carried out. But a healthcare worker who did not wish to give her name told AFP news agency the announcement came "rather late".
 
"Only one positive case? The president is funny. The [real] number is much higher," she said.
 
The new development leaves Lesotho as the sole African country without a confirmed case of Coronavirus.

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Harrowing footage shows mass graves being dug in Brazil as deaths surge due to Coronavirus (photos/videos)










Harrowing footage from a Brazilian city hit by the Coronavirus pandemic shows mass graves being dug as authorities struggle with the pandemic.

 

Manaus, in north-western Brazil, with a population of 1.7m, is continuing to bury bodies at an alarming rate as deaths surge due to the pandemic.

 

A cemetery in the city has seen a 500 per cent increase in the number of bodies it has to bury now compared with before the Covid-19 outbreak.

 



 

Aerial footage of the cemetery shows the scale of burials taking place in the region. Coffins arrive wrapped in plastic film to help stop the spread of the disease.

 

The surge of Covid-19 cases in Brazil is spawning fear that construction workers, truck drivers and tourists from Latin America’s biggest nation will spread the disease to neighbouring countries that are doing a better job of controlling the coronavirus.

 

The country’s borders remain open, there are virtually no quarantines or curfews and President Jair Bolsonaro continues to scoff at the seriousness of the disease.

 



 

When questioned about the number of Coronavirus victims in the country, Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, said he "doesn't do miracles".

 

"What do you want me to do?" he asked. "I am Messias (his full name is Jair Messias Bolsonaro), but I don't do miracles."

 

There have been at least 79,361 confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil, with 5,511 deaths.

 



 

Earlier this week, it was reported cases of Covid-19 are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as the country veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hot spots.

 

At the main Taruma cemetery, a new area has been opened where undertakers were digging rows of graves and now just trenches for five coffins at a time.

 



 

The Taruma mayor’s office said the city’s funeral system was collapsing and running out of coffins.

 

In Rio de Janeiro, cemeteries have accelerated construction of above-ground vaults to entomb deceased patients.

 

Undertakers in Manaus even resorted to burying coffins one on top of the other this week, but the city stopped the practice after grieving relatives protested.