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

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Black people four times more likely to die from COVID-19 than white people - new data shows








Black people in the UK are four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people and a number of other ethnic groups are also at an increased risk, according to stark official figures exposing a dramatic divergence in the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in England and Wales
 
A report released on Thursday by the Office for National Statistics found black women (defined by the study as Black Caribbean, Black African and Black Other) are 4.3 times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white women, while black men are 4.2 more likely to die.
 
People of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, and mixed ethnicities also had a "statistically significant raised risk of death," the report found.
 
While among people with Indian ethnicity, women were 2.7 times more likely to die and men 2.4. For the Chinese ethnic group, the heightened risk for men was 1.9 and 1.2 for women.
 
The disparities are "partly a result of socio-economic disadvantage and other circumstances, but a remaining part of the difference has not yet been explained," the study said.
 

 
Even after taking into account age, demographic factors and measures of self-reported health problems, the study found that black people were still almost twice as likely to die from Covid-19 than white people.
 
The data covers COVID-19 deaths from 2 March to 10 April.
 
"It is urgent the causes of this disproportionality are investigated," the UK's shadow justice secretary David Lammy tweeted on Thursday, calling the findings "appalling."
 
"Action must be taken to protect black men and women -- as well as people from all backgrounds -- from the virus," he added.
 
Rebecca Hilsenrath, chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, warned the statistics "reveal the true impact coronavirus is having on ethnic minority people".
 
She said: "While the ONS has revealed the numbers, the reasons are less clear.
 
"Race inequality is persistent across Britain, with people from ethnic minorities facing disadvantage in their living conditions, access to healthcare and economic opportunities, among other areas, which could be contributing factors."
 
A spokesperson for the health and social care department said: "Any death from this virus is a tragedy and we are working incredibly hard to protect the nation's public health.
 
''We're aware that this virus has sadly appeared to have a disproportionate effect on people from BAME backgrounds. It is critical we find out which groups are most at risk so we can take the right steps to protect them and minimise their risk.
 
''We have commissioned Public Health England to better understand the different factors, such as ethnicity, obesity and geographical location that may influence the effects of the virus."
 
According to CNN, the figures are supported by previous studies, which have also found black people in the UK are dying at a far higher rate than their white peers.
 
An analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found last week that people from black African backgrounds were 3.7 times more likely to die in hospital from the disease than white people.
 
And the findings are also similar to the reports in the United States, where African Americans have died from Covid-19 at a 'disproportionately high rate.'
 
In Chicago, 72% of people who died were black, officials said in April, despite African Americans only making up 30% of the city's population. In Louisiana, African Americans make up 32% of the population, but account for around 70% of deaths from the virus. 
 
On Wednesday, the UK surpassed Italy by registering the highest coronavirus death toll in Europe, after it reached over 30, 000 confirmed fatalities.

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 COVID-19: 51000 Cases In Africa. 17000 Recoveries, 1900 Deaths (Country Figures) 


According to The Update Provided By The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office For Africa, @WHOAFRO on twitter:

Over 51,000 confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African Continent - with more than 17,000 Associated recoveries and 1,900 deaths.
View country figures and more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dishboard: arcg.is/XvuSX

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Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
More than 3.6 million infections confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories, including at least 255,000 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.

At least 260,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some 3.7 million infections have been confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories. More than 1.2 million people have recovered to date.

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Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases:
United States - 1,228,609 cases, 73,431 deaths 
Spain - 220,325 cases, 25,857 deaths
Italy - 214,457 cases, 29,684 deaths
United Kingdom - 202,359 cases, 30,150 deaths
France - 174,224 cases, 25,812 deaths
Germany - 168,162 cases, 7,275 deaths
Russia - 165,929 cases, 1,537 deaths
Turkey - 131,744 cases, 3,584 deaths 
Brazil - 126,611 cases, 8,588 deaths
Iran - 101,650 cases, 6,418 deaths 
China - 83,970 cases, 4,637 deaths
Canada - 64,694 cases, 4,366 deaths
Belgium - 50,781 cases, 8,339 deaths
Peru - 54,817 cases, 1,533 deaths


India - 53,045 cases, 1,787 deaths
Netherlands - 41,518 cases, 5,185 deaths
Ecuador - 29,420 cases, 1,618 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 31,938 cases, 209 deaths
Switzerland - 30,060 cases, 1,805 deaths
Portugal - 26,182 cases, 1,809 deaths
Mexico - 27,634 cases, 2,704 deaths
Sweden - 23,216 cases, 2,941 deaths
Pakistan - 27,073 cases, 564 deaths 
Chile - 23,048 cases, 281 deaths
Ireland - 22,248 cases,  1,375 deaths
Singapore - 20,939 cases, 20 deaths
Belarus - 19,255 cases, 112 deaths
Qatar - 17,972 cases, 12 deaths
Israel - 16,310 cases, 239 deaths
Austria - 15,684 cases, 608 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 15,738 cases, 157 deaths
Japan - 15,253 cases, 556 deaths
Poland - 14,740 cases, 733 deaths 
Romania - 14,107 cases, 868 deaths
Ukraine - 13,691 cases, 340 deaths
Indonesia - 12,438 cases, 895 deaths
Bangladesh - 11,719 cases, 186 deaths
South Korea - 10,810 cases, 256 deaths
Denmark - 10,136 cases, 506 deaths
Philippines -  10,004 cases, 685 deaths
Serbia - 9,791 cases, 203 deaths
Dominican Republic - 8,807 cases, 362 deaths
Colombia - 8,959 cases, 397 deaths


Norway - 7,996 cases, 216 deaths
Czech Republic - 7,979 cases, 263 deaths 
Panama - 7,731 cases, 218 deaths
South Africa - 7,572 cases, 153 deaths
Egypt - 7,588 cases, 469 deaths
Australia - 6,895 cases, 97 deaths
Malaysia - 6,428 cases, 107 deaths
Kuwait - 6,289 cases, 42 deaths


Finland - 5,573 cases, 252 deaths
Morocco - 5,408 cases, 183 deaths
Argentina - 5,208 cases, 273 deaths 
Algeria - 4,997 cases, 476 deaths 
Moldova - 4,476 cases, 143 deaths
Kazakhstan - 4,502 cases, 30 deaths
Luxembourg - 3,851 cases, 98 deaths
Bahrain - 3,934 cases, 8 deaths
Afghanistan - 3,392 cases, 104 deaths
Hungary - 3,150 cases, 383 deaths
Thailand - 2,992 cases, 55 deaths
Nigeria - 3,145 cases, 103 deaths
Oman - 2,958 cases, 13 deaths
Ghana - 3,091 cases, 18 deaths 
Greece - 2,663 cases, 147 deaths
Armenia - 2,782 cases, 40 deaths
Iraq - 2,480 cases, 102 deaths
Uzbekistan - 2,266 cases, 10 deaths
Croatia - 2,119 cases, 85 deaths
Cameroon - 2,265 cases, 108 deaths
Azerbaijan - 2,127 cases, 28 deaths
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1,987 cases, 86 deaths
Iceland - 1,799 cases, 10 deaths
Estonia - 1,713 cases, 56 deaths
Guinea - 1,856 cases, 11 deaths

Bulgaria - 1,811 cases, 84 deaths
Cuba - 1,703 cases, 69 deaths
Bolivia - 1,886 cases, 91 deaths
North Macedonia - 1,539 cases, 88 deaths
New Zealand - 1,489 cases, 21 deaths
Slovenia - 1,448 cases, 99 deaths
Ivory Coast - 1,516 cases, 18 deaths
Lithuania - 1,428 cases, 49 deaths
Slovakia - 1,429 cases, 26 deaths
Senegal - 1,433 cases, 12 deaths
Honduras - 1,461 cases, 99 deaths
Djibouti - 1,124 cases, 3 deaths
Tunisia - 1,025 cases, 43 deaths
Latvia - 909 cases, 18 deaths
Cyprus - 883 cases, 15 deaths


Kosovo - 856 cases, 26 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 895 cases, 12 deaths
Somalia - 873 cases, 39 deaths
Albania - 832 cases, 31 deaths
Sudan - 852 cases, 49 deaths
Sri Lanka - 797 cases, 9 deaths
Niger - 770 cases, 38 deaths
Andorra - 751 cases, 46 deaths
Costa Rica - 761 cases, 6 deaths
Lebanon - 750 cases, 25 deaths
Guatemala - 763 cases, 21 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 705 cases, 36 deaths
Burkina Faso - 729 cases, 48 deaths
Uruguay - 673 cases, 17 deaths
Mali - 631 cases, 32 deaths 
Georgia - 615 cases, 9 deaths
San Marino - 608 cases, 41 deaths
El Salvador - 695 cases, 15 deaths
Maldives - 617 cases, 2 deaths
Kenya - 582 cases, 26 deaths
Malta - 484 cases, 5 deaths
Tanzania - 480 cases, 16 deaths
Jamaica - 478 cases, 9 deaths
Jordan - 478 cases, 9 deaths


Taiwan - 439 cases, 6 deaths
Paraguay - 440 cases, 10 deaths
Guinea-Bissau - 475 cases, 2 deaths
Gabon - 439 cases, 8 deaths 
Occupied Palestinian territories - 374 cases, 2 deaths
Venezuela - 379 cases, 10 deaths
Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths
Montenegro - 324 cases, 8 deaths
Equatorial Guinea - 439 cases, 4 deaths
Tajikistan - 379 cases, 8 deaths
Vietnam - 271 cases
Rwanda - 268 cases
Republic of the Congo - 264 cases, 10 deaths



Sierra Leone - 225 cases, 14 deaths
Cape Verde - 191 cases, 2 deaths
Sao Tome and Principe - 174 cases, 3 deaths
Chad - 170 cases, 17 deaths
Liberia - 178 cases, 20 deaths
Myanmar - 162 cases, 6 deaths
Madagascar - 158 cases
Ethiopia - 162 cases, 4 deaths
Brunei - 139 cases, 1 death
Zambia - 139 cases, 4 deaths
Togo - 128 cases, 9 deaths 
Cambodia - 122 cases
Eswatini - 123 cases, 2 deaths
Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths
Haiti - 101 cases, 12 deaths
Uganda - 100 cases
Benin - 96 cases, 2 deaths
Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths
Guyana - 93 cases, 10 deaths
Central African Republic - 94 cases
Bahamas - 92 cases, 11 deaths
Barbados - 82 cases, 7 deaths
Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death

Nepal - 99 cases
Mozambique - 81 cases
Libya - 64 cases, 3 deaths
South Sudan - 58 cases
Syria - 45 cases, 3 deaths
Malawi - 43 cases, 3 deaths
Mongolia - 41 cases
Eritrea - 39 cases
Angola - 36 cases, 2 deaths
Zimbabwe - 34 cases, 4 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda - 25 cases, 3 deaths
East Timor - 24 cases
Botswana - 23 cases, 1 death
Yemen - 25 cases, 5 deaths 
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
Nicaragua - 16 cases, 5 deaths
Burundi - 15 cases, 1 death
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases
Vatican - 12 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
Comoros - 8 case

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World Health Organisation reveals why COVID-19 patients who recovered from the disease tested positive again 







World Health Organisation (WHO), has revealed why COVID-19 patients who recovered from the disease tested positive again. 
 
The organization told AFP that people who tested positive for the second time after recovering are not getting reinfected but are still expelling dead lung cells rather than getting a new infection. 
 
This comes after South Korean health authorities raised fresh coronavirus concerns after reporting more than 300 cases of recovered patients who later tested positive again. 
 
'We are aware that some patients test positive after they clinically recover,' a WHO spokesperson told AFP, without making specific reference to the South Korean cases.

'From what we currently know – and this is based on very recent data – it seems they these patients are expelling left over materials from their lungs, as part of the recovery phase.'

An expert in virology told MailOnline that once the virus is inactivated by the immune system and forms a complex bond with an antibody, it stops being infectious but can still be detected by a swab test. 

WHO spokesperson also admitted that it was still not clear whether the body builds up enough immunity to ward off a new attack by the virus and if it does, how long such immunity lasts. 
 
'We need systematic collection of samples from recovered patients to better understand how long they shed live virus,' the WHO spokesperson said.
 
'We also need to understand if this means they can pass the virus to other people – having live virus does not necessarily mean it can be passed to another person.' 

The organization added that more research is needed on the recovered patients who originally tested negative and then tested positive weeks later.
 
In a recent interview with BBC, infectious disease epidemiologist Maria Van Kerhove, explained the 'dead cell' in the lungs.
 
'As the lungs heal, there are parts of the lung that are dead cells that are coming up,'  she said, talking on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday.

'These are fragments of the lungs that are actually testing positive.

'It is not infectious virus, it's not reinfection, it's not reactivation – it is actually part of the healing process that is being captured again as being positive. 

'Does that mean they have immunity? Does that mean they have a strong protection against reinfection? We don't know the answer to that yet.' 

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US Vice President Mike Pence's aide tests positive for COVID-19










Vice President Mike Pence's spokesperson Katie Miller, who also serves as a spokesperson for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has tested positive for the disease. 
 
Trump confirmed Miller was the staffer who tested positive on Friday during an event with Republican lawmakers at the White House. 
 

 
‘She’s wonderful young woman,’ Trump said. ‘Katie tested very good for a long period of time and then - all of a sudden - today she tested positive. She hasn’t come into contact with me but spent some time with the vice president.’
 
Pence was tested Friday and the test came back negative. 
 
Miller is married to Stephen Miller, an adviser to President Trump who works in the West Wing near the Oval Office. 
 

 
Following Miller's diagnosis, Trump, the vice president, and most White House staff including Miller's husband Stephen are now getting tested on a daily basis, a change in policy made this week, Mail Online reported. 
 
This comes a day after a valet to President Trump tested positive for Coronavirus. 
 
Trump said he wasn't worried about the risk of infection despite the virus moving closer to the Oval Office.
 
'I’m not worried,' he said. 'We’re taking very strong precautions of the White House.'
 
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows called the White House the 'safest place that you can come to.'
 
He said additional safety protocols have been put place over the last 48 hours but declined to detail them.
 
'I don't want to get into all the procedures that we've embarked on but I can tell you that this – it’s probably the safest place that you can come to,' he said. 
 
Staff are checked daily, give symptom histories and all work spaces get regular, deep cleanings, according to deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere. 
 
'The President’s physician and White House Operations continue to work closely to ensure every precaution is taken to keep the President, First Family and the entire White House Complex safe and healthy at all times. 

In addition to social distancing, daily temperature checks and symptom histories, hand sanitizer, and regular deep cleaning of all work spaces, every staff member in close proximity to the president and vice president is being tested daily for COVID-19 as well as any guests,' Deere said in a statement to DailyMail.com.
 
 

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NEWS /HEALTH
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
More than 3.9 million infections confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories, including at least 275,000 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.

At least 275,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some 3.9 million infections have been confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories. More than 1.3 million people have recovered to date.

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

United States - 1,283,929 cases, 77,180 deaths 
Spain - 222,857 cases, 26,299 deaths
Italy - 217,185 cases, 30,201 deaths
United Kingdom - 212,626 cases, 31,316 deaths
Russia - 198,676 cases, 1,827 deaths
France - 176,202 cases, 26,233 deaths
Germany - 170,588 cases, 7,510 deaths
Brazil - 146,894 cases, 10,017 deaths
Turkey - 135,569 cases, 3,689 deaths 
Iran - 104,691 cases, 6,541 deaths 
China - 83,976 cases, 4,697 deaths
Canada - 67,674 cases, 4,638 deaths
Peru - 61,847 cases, 1,714 deaths
India - 59,765 cases, 1,986 deaths
Belgium - 52,011 cases, 8,521 deaths


Netherlands - 42,292 cases, 5,377 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 35,432 cases, 229 deaths
Mexico - 31,522 cases, 3,160 deaths
Switzerland - 30,207 cases, 1,823 deaths
Ecuador - 28,818 cases, 1,704 deaths
Pakistan - 27,474 cases, 618 deaths 
Portugal - 27,268 cases, 1,114 deaths
Chile - 25,972 cases, 294 deaths
Sweden - 25,265 cases, 3,175 deaths
Ireland - 22,541 cases,  1,429 deaths
Singapore - 22,460 cases, 20 deaths
Belarus - 21,101 cases, 121 deaths
Qatar - 20,201 cases, 12 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 16,793 cases, 174 deaths
Israel - 16,436 cases, 245 deaths
Austria - 15,833cases, 615 deaths
Japan - 15,575 cases, 590 deaths
Poland - 15,366 cases, 776 deaths 
Romania - 14,811 cases, 923 deaths
Ukraine - 14,710 cases, 376 deaths
Bangladesh - 13,134 cases, 206 deaths
Indonesia - 13,112 cases, 943 deaths
South Korea - 10,840 cases, 256 deaths
 
Philippines -  10,610 cases, 704 deaths
Denmark - 10,416 cases, 522 deaths
Colombia - 10,051 cases, 428 deaths
Serbia - 9,943 cases, 209 deaths
Dominican Republic - 9,376 cases, 380 deaths


South Africa - 8,895 cases, 178 deaths
Egypt - 8,476 cases, 503 deaths
Czech Republic - 8,078 cases, 273 deaths 
Norway - 8,070 cases, 218 deaths
Panama - 8,070 cases, 231 deaths
Kuwait - 7,208 cases, 47 deaths
Australia - 6,927 cases, 97 deaths

Malaysia - 6,535 cases, 107 deaths


Finland - 5,738 cases, 260 deaths
Morocco - 5,711 cases, 186 deaths
Argentina - 5,611 cases, 293 deaths 
Algeria - 5,369 cases, 488 deaths 
Kazakhstan - 4,922 cases, 31 deaths
Moldova - 4,728 cases, 150 deaths
Bahrain - 4,444 cases, 8 deaths
Ghana - 4,012 cases, 18 deaths 
Nigeria - 3,912 cases, 117 deaths
Luxembourg - 3,871 cases, 109 deaths
Afghanistan - 3,778 cases, 109 deaths
Hungary - 3,213 cases, 405 deaths
Armenia - 3,175 cases, 44 deaths 
Oman - 3,112 cases, 16 deaths 
Thailand - 3,004 cases, 56 deaths
Greece - 2,691 cases, 150 deaths
Iraq - 2,603 cases, 104 deaths
Uzbekistan - 2,336 cases, 10 deaths
Azerbaijan - 2,279 cases, 28 deaths
Cameroon - 2,267 cases, 108 deaths
Bolivia - 2,266 cases, 106 deaths
Croatia - 2,161 cases, 86 deaths 
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2,070 cases, 98 deaths
Guinea - 2,009 cases, 11 deaths
Bulgaria - 1,911 cases, 88 deaths
Iceland - 1,801 cases, 10 deaths
Honduras - 1,771 cases, 107 deaths
Cuba - 1,741 cases, 74 deaths
Estonia - 1,733 cases, 60 deaths

Ivory Coast - 1,602 cases, 20 deaths
North Macedonia - 1,586 cases, 90 deaths 
Senegal - 1,551 cases, 13 deaths
New Zealand - 1,492 cases, 21 deaths
Slovakia - 1,445 cases, 26 deaths
Slovenia - 1,450 cases, 100 deaths
Lithuania - 1,444 cases, 49 deaths
Djibouti - 1,135 cases, 3 deaths
Sudan - 1,111 cases, 59 deaths
Tunisia - 1,030 cases, 45 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 937 cases, 39 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 931 cases, 12 deaths
Latvia - 930 cases, 18 deaths
Somalia - 928 cases, 44 deaths
Guatemala - 900 cases, 24 deaths 
Cyprus - 891 cases, 15 deaths


Kosovo - 861 cases, 27 deaths
Albania - 850 cases, 31 deaths
Sri Lanka - 835 cases, 9 deaths
Lebanon - 796 cases, 26 deaths
Niger - 795 cases, 44 deaths
El Salvador - 784 cases, 16 deaths
Costa Rica - 773 cases, 6 deaths
Andorra - 752 cases, 47 deaths
Burkina Faso - 744 cases, 48 deaths
Maldives - 744 cases, 3 deaths
Uruguay - 694 cases, 18 deaths
Mali - 668 cases, 35 deaths 
Georgia - 626 cases, 10 deaths
San Marino - 623 cases, 41 deaths
Kenya - 621 cases, 29 deaths
Gabon - 620 cases, 8 deaths 
Guinea-Bissau - 594 cases, 2 deaths
Paraguay - 563 cases, 10 deaths
Tajikistan - 522 cases, 12 deaths
Tanzania - 509 cases, 21 deaths
Jordan - 508 cases, 9 deaths
Jamaica - 490 cases, 9 deaths
Malta - 489 cases, 5 deaths


Taiwan - 440 cases, 6 deaths
Equatorial Guinea - 439 cases, 4 deaths
Venezuela - 388 cases, 10 deaths
Occupied Palestinian territories - 375 cases, 2 deaths
Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths
Montenegro - 324 cases, 8 deaths
Vietnam - 288 cases
Republic of the Congo - 274 cases, 10 deaths
Rwanda - 273 cases



Chad - 260 cases, 28 deaths
Sierra Leone - 257 cases, 17 deaths
Benin - 242 cases, 2 deaths
Cape Verde - 230 cases, 2 deaths
Sao Tome and Principe - 208 cases, 5 deaths
Liberia - 199 cases, 20 deaths
Ethiopia - 194 cases, 4 deaths
Madagascar - 193 cases
Myanmar - 177 cases, 6 deaths
Zambia - 167 cases, 4 deaths
Eswatini - 159 cases, 2 deaths
Haiti - 146 cases, 12 deaths
Togo - 145 cases, 10 deaths 
Central African Republic - 143 cases
Brunei - 141 cases, 1 death
Cambodia - 122 cases
South Sudan - 90 cases
Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths
Uganda - 114 cases
Nepal - 109 cases 
Monaco - 95 cases, 4 deaths
Guyana - 94 cases, 10 deaths
Bahamas - 92 cases, 11 deaths
Barbados - 83 cases, 7 deaths
Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death

Mozambique - 82 cases
Libya - 64 cases, 3 deaths
Syria - 47 cases, 3 deaths
Angola - 43 cases, 2 deaths
Malawi - 43 cases, 3 deaths
Mongolia - 42 cases
Eritrea - 39 cases
Yemen - 34 cases, 7 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
Gambia - 20 cases, 1 death
Laos - 19 cases
Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths
Fiji - 18 cases
Saint Lucia - 18 cases
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 17 cases


Dominica - 16 cases
Namibia - 16 cases
Nicaragua - 16 cases, 5 deaths
Burundi - 15 cases, 1 death
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases
Vatican - 12 cases
Seychelles - 11 cases
Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death
Comoros - 8 case, 1 death 
Mauritania - 8 cases, 1 death
Papua New Guinea - 8 cases
Bhutan - 7 cases
Western Sahara - 6 cases

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Pharmacist dies after drinking chemical concoction he developed to treat Coronavirus







An Indian pharmacist was confirmed dead on Saturday May 9, after he drank a chemical concoction he developed in a bid to treat Coronavirus. 
 
47-year-old K. Sivanesan who worked with Chennai-based Sujatha Biotech, an Ayurvedic and herbal products company which was founded 30 years ago, died on the spot while his colleague, a managing director of the company who is an ophthamologist by qualification, was hospitalised after he fainted soon after he ingested the chemical component.
 
The two men reportedly ingested the chemical mixture of nitric oxide and sodium nitrate at a home in southern Chennai city.
 
Deputy Commissioner of Police,Ashok Kumar said; 
 

“Our investigation revealed that Sivanesan died after drinking the preparation he claimed would help COVID-19 patients. His managing director fainted after tasting it initially. Further investigation is on.”

 
N.S.Vasan, designer-cum-media manager of the company said;
 

“Due to the lockdown, Sivanesan stayed in the city and one day told us he heard of some medicine from U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent speech for curing Coronavirus.


He said it would bring more immunity and help to prevent COVID-19. Deciding to test the effect of the medicine, he went to Parry’s Corner and bought the powder. Sivanesan must have taken a heavy dosage of the ‘drug’ and he was killed instantly.


 “All our products are ayurvedic. We used to test only herbal products. This was a chemical product that Sivanesan was testing though, and possibly for the first time ever.”

 
India currently has nearly 60,000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus. There are no approved medicines or vaccines for treating COVID-19, triggering a global race for a new drug for the disease that has killed 277,946 worldwide. 

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South Korea shuts down 2,100 nightclubs and bars as new Coronavirus spike is blamed on clubbers who went out after lockdown eased







South Korea has shut down more than 2,100 nightclubs including hostess bars and discos after dozens of coronavirus infections were linked to club goers who went out last weekend as the country relaxed lockdown rules. 
 
The action was carried out on Saturday after South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 18 new cases were reported 24 hours to midnight Friday. 
 
One of the patients was a 29-year-old man who visited three clubs in Seoul's Itaewon district last Saturday before testing positive days later.
 
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said 16 more cases were confirmed in Seoul alone in the following hours. He said this brought the total number of infections linked to club-goers to 40 - 27 in Seoul, 12 in neighbouring Incheon and Gyeonggi, and one in the southern port city of Busan.
 
Park said health workers have been attempting to contact some 1,940 people who were listed as visitors to the three Itaewon clubs and other venues nearby, but they have so far been able to reach only 637 of them.
 
South Korea has confirmed at least 10,840 cases of the Coronavirus, including 256 deaths.
 
 

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Fire breaks out at coronavirus hospital

 May 10, 2020




Fire on Saturday gutted a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus, killing one.

According to Daily Mail, hospital officials said the inferno started from a patient’s room, adding that the fire has since been put out.


Sergei Sobyanin, the Mayor of Moscow, who confirmed the development on Twitter, said that all patients had been evacuated and would be transferred to other hospitals.

“The causes of this incident will be thoroughly investigated,’’ Sobyanin added.


COVID-19 has so far infected nearly 200,000 people and caused more than 1,800 deaths in Russia.


More than half of the country’s cases and deaths have been recorded in Moscow, a sprawling city of 12.7 million.

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You could just see the rubbish and there was faeces and people lying everywhere" Caucasian father treated for Coronavirus in Burkina Faso narrates his ordeal







An Australian father has narrated his experience at a West African hospital after he was diagnosed with Coronavirus and says he feels lucky to be alive. 
 
Gareth Jones had flown to Burkina Faso for work at the Bissa Gold Mine but started showing symptoms of the deadly disease shortly after arriving.
 
Mr Jones told Nine News the fever was the first thing to strike him down followed by uncontrollable coughing. 
 

 
He was rushed to a local hospital where his condition continued to worsen.
 
Doctors decided Mr Jones would be transported two hours across rough terrain to a larger hospital in Ouagadougou for treatment. 
 
But Mr Jones said the conditions in the hospital left him fearing for his life.  
 

 
"You could just see the rubbish and there was faeces and people lying everywhere, it was pretty confronting," Mr Jones said. 
 
He said that for six hours he was left alone on his hospital bed struggling to breath after his oxygen ran out.  
 
"I thought I was going to die, I thought this is it, but I didn’t even have the energy, I couldn’t talk without coughing," he said. 
 

 
Mr Jones was told a number of times that a mercy flight had been scheduled for him but it was repeatedly cancelled.
 
In the course of 10 days he lost so much weight -16 kilograms.
 
His mother back in Australia was finally able to organise a flight for him to Switzerland and he was flown out of Burkina Faso a short time later.
 
Mr Jones said the moment he was able to hug his daughters again was "special" and he was happy and relieved to be home and recovered.

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10th May, 2020



NEWS /HEALTH
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
More than 4 million infections confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories, including at least 279,000 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.

At least 279,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while about 4 million infections have been confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories. More than 1.3 million people have recovered to date.

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Here are the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases:
United States - 1,309,541 cases, 78,794 deaths
Spain - 223,578 cases, 26,478 deaths
Italy - 218,268 cases, 30,395 deaths
United Kingdom - 216,525 cases, 31,662 deaths
Russia - 198,676 cases, 1,827 deaths
France - 176,782 cases, 26,313 deaths
Germany - 171,324 cases, 7,549 deaths
Brazil - 156,061 cases, 10,656 deaths
Turkey - 137,115 cases, 3,739 deaths
Iran - 106,220 cases, 6,589 deaths
China - 83,990 cases, 4,637 deaths
Canada - 68,918 cases, 4,823 deaths
Peru - 65,015 cases, 1,814 deaths
India - 62,939 cases, 2,109 deaths
Belgium - 52,596 cases, 8,581 deaths


Netherlands - 42,581 cases, 5,441 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 37,136 cases, 239 deaths
Mexico - 33,460 cases, 3,353 deaths
Switzerland - 30,251 cases, 1,830 deaths
Pakistan - 29,465 cases, 639 deaths;
Ecuador - 29,071 cases, 1,717 deaths
Portugal - 27,406 cases, 1,126 deaths
Chile - 27,219 cases, 304 deaths
Sweden - 25,921 cases, 3,220 deaths
Ireland - 22,760 cases, 1,446 deaths
Singapore - 22,460 cases, 20 deaths
Belarus - 22,052 cases, 126 deaths
Qatar - 21,331 cases, 13 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 17,417 cases, 185 deaths
Israel - 16,454 cases, 247 deaths
Austria - 15,833 cases, 615 deaths
Japan - 15,663 cases, 607 deaths
Poland - 15,651 cases, 785 deaths
Romania - 15,131 cases, 939 deaths
Ukraine - 14,710 cases, 376 deaths
Bangladesh - 13,770 cases, 214 deaths
Indonesia - 13,645 cases, 959 deaths
South Korea - 10,874 cases, 256 deaths
Philippines - 10,610 cases, 704 deaths
Denmark - 10,517 cases, 526 deaths
Colombia - 10,495 cases, 445 deaths
Serbia - 10,032 cases, 215 deaths
Dominican Republic - 9,882 cases, 385 deaths


South Africa - 9,420 cases, 186 deaths
Egypt - 8,964 cases, 514 deaths
Panama - 8,282 cases, 237 deaths
Norway - 8,099 cases, 219 deaths
Czech Republic - 8,095 cases, 276 deaths 
Kuwait - 7,623 cases, 49 deaths
Australia - 6,939 cases, 97 deaths
Malaysia - 6,589 cases, 108 deaths


Morocco - 5,910 cases, 186 deaths
Finland - 5,880 cases, 265 deaths
Argentina - 5,776 cases, 300 deaths 
Algeria - 5,558 cases, 494 deaths 
Kazakhstan - 4,975 cases, 31 deaths
Moldova - 4,867 cases, 161 deaths
Bahrain - 4,774 cases, 8 deaths
Ghana - 4,263 cases, 22 deaths
Nigeria - 4,151 cases, 128 deaths
Afghanistan - 4,033 cases, 115 deaths
Luxembourg - 3,877 cases, 101 deaths
Hungary - 3,263 cases, 413 deaths
Oman - 3,224 cases, 17 deaths
Armenia - 3,313 cases, 45 deaths 
Thailand - 3,009 cases, 56 deaths
Greece - 2,710 cases, 151 deaths
Iraq - 2,679 cases, 107 deaths
Bolivia - 2,437 cases, 114 deaths
Azerbaijan - 2,422 cases, 31 deaths
Uzbekistan - 2,387 cases, 10 deaths
Cameroon - 2,274 cases, 108 deaths
Croatia - 2,176 cases, 87 deaths 
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2,090 cases, 102 deaths
Guinea - 2,042 cases, 11 deaths
Bulgaria - 1,955 cases, 90 deaths
Honduras - 1,830 cases, 108 deaths
Iceland - 1,801 cases, 10 deaths
Cuba - 1,754 cases, 74 deaths
Estonia - 1,733 cases, 60 deaths

Ivory Coast - 1,667 cases, 21 deaths
Senegal - 1,634 cases, 17 deaths
North Macedonia - 1,622 cases, 91 deaths
New Zealand - 1,494 cases, 21 deaths
Slovakia - 1,455 cases, 26 deaths
Slovenia - 1,454 cases, 101 deaths
Lithuania - 1,444 cases, 49 deaths
Djibouti - 1,189 cases, 3 deaths
Sudan - 1,164 cases, 64 deaths
Tunisia - 1,032 cases, 45 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 1,002 cases, 12 deaths
Somalia - 997 cases, 48 deaths
Guatemala - 967 cases, 24 deaths 
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 937 cases, 39 deaths
Latvia - 939 cases, 18 deaths
Cyprus - 892 cases, 15 deaths


El Salvador - 889 cases, 17 deaths
Kosovo - 862 cases, 28 deaths
Albania - 856 cases, 31 deaths
Sri Lanka - 847 cases, 9 deaths
Niger - 815 cases, 45 deaths
Lebanon - 809 cases, 26 deaths
Maldives - 790 cases, 3 deaths
Costa Rica - 780 cases, 6 deaths
Andorra - 754 cases, 48 deaths
Burkina Faso - 748 cases, 48 deaths
Uruguay - 702 cases, 18 deaths
Mali - 692 cases, 37 deaths
Paraguay - 689 cases, 10 deaths
Gabon - 661 cases, 8 deaths
Kenya - 649 cases, 30 deaths
Guinea-Bissau - 641 cases, 3 deaths
San Marino - 637 cases, 41 deaths
Georgia - 626 cases, 10 deaths
Tajikistan - 612 cases, 20 deaths
Jordan - 522 cases, 9 deaths
Tanzania - 509 cases, 21 deaths
Jamaica - 498 cases, 9 deaths
Malta - 490 cases, 5 deaths


Taiwan - 440 cases, 6 deaths
Equatorial Guinea - 439 cases, 4 deaths
Venezuela - 402 cases, 10 deaths
Occupied Palestinian territories - 375 cases, 2 deaths
Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths
Montenegro - 324 cases, 8 deaths
Chad - 322 cases, 31 deaths
Sierra Leone - 291 cases, 18 deaths
Vietnam - 288 cases
Benin - 284 cases, 2 deaths
Rwanda - 280 cases
Republic of the Congo - 274 cases, 10 deaths



Zambia - 252 cases, 7 deaths
Cape Verde - 236 cases, 2 deaths
Ethiopia - 210 cases, 5 deaths
Sao Tome and Principe - 208 cases, 5 deaths
Liberia - 199 cases, 20 deaths
Madagascar - 193 cases
Myanmar - 178 cases, 6 deaths
Eswatini - 163 cases, 2 deaths
Togo - 153 cases, 10 deaths
Haiti - 151 cases, 12 deaths
Central African Republic - 143 cases
Brunei - 141 cases, 1 death
Cambodia - 122 cases
South Sudan - 120 cases
Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths
Uganda - 116 cases
Nepal - 110 cases
Guyana - 97 cases, 10 deaths
Monaco - 96 cases, 4 deaths
Bahamas - 92 cases, 11 deaths
Mozambique - 87 cases
Barbados - 84 cases, 7 deaths
Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death

Libya - 64 cases, 3 deaths
Malawi - 56 cases, 3 deaths
Syria - 47 cases, 3 deaths
Angola - 43 cases, 2 deaths
Mongolia - 42 cases
Eritrea - 39 cases
Zimbabwe - 36 cases, 4 deaths
Yemen - 34 cases, 7 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda - 25 cases, 3 deaths
East Timor - 24 cases
Botswana - 23 cases, 1 death
Grenada - 21 cases
Gambia - 20 cases, 1 death
Laos - 19 cases
Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths
Fiji - 18 cases
Saint Lucia - 18 cases
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 17 cases


Dominica - 16 cases
Namibia - 16 cases
Nicaragua - 16 cases, 5 deaths
Burundi - 15 cases, 1 death
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases
Vatican - 12 cases
Comoros - 11 case, 1 death
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

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Covid-19: UK Government extends lockdown by three more weeks







The United Kingdom will be extending the Coronavirus lockdown by three more weeks, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced.
 
The U.K. has the second-highest confirmed coronavirus death toll in the world and the highest in Europe. The country has reported more than 220,000 recorded cases and 31,000 deaths from the virus as of Sunday, May 10, according to John Hopkins Univeristy.
 
Making the announcement on Sunday, Boris said 'now isn't the time to lift the lockdown' as he unveiled cautious plans to lift restrictions imposed seven weeks ago.
 
"This is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week," he said in a televised address
 

 
Johnson, who recently recovered from Coronavirus, said there would be some easing of restrictions from Wednesday, allowing "unlimited exercise", sport and sunbathing, but only within households. He added that some primary school children could return and shops re-open from June 1. He labelled this first easing of lockdown as Step 1.

"In step two, at the earliest by June 1, after half-term, we believe we may be in a position to begin the phased reopening of shops and to get primary pupils back into school, in stages, beginning with reception (age four to five), year one (age five to six) and year six (10-11)," Johnson daid.

 
In step three, "at the earliest by July... we will hope to reopen at least some of the hospitality industry and other public places, provided they are safe and enforce social distancing", he added.
 
Johnson said some public places could re-open from July 1 but warned immigrants and visitors travelling to Britain would face quarantine measures.

 
He noted that transitioning to each stage is "conditional" and depends on "all of us, the entire country, to follow the advice, to observe social distancing, and to keep that [rate of infection] down."
 
The UK has passed it's peak death rate but Johnson indicated restrictions could be reimposed, including locally, if there is a surge in cases. ''It would be madness to waste the sacrifices the public had made since the lockdown.''


"We have been through the initial peak but it is coming down the mountain that is often more dangerous," he added.
 
 

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Five COVID-19 patients killed in Russia hospital fire







Five coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit were killed after a fire broke out at a hospital in Vyborg district of St. Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday.
 
The fire reportedly broke out from a short-circuit in a ventilator and engulfed an area of 10 square meters, Russian news agencies reported.
 
About 150 patients and staff were evacuated from the St. George City Hospital, the country's Ministry of Emergency Services said. But it's not clear how many people have been injured.
 
Preliminary inquiries show that an electric equipment malfunction and short-circuit failure are among the factors behind the fire, according to emergency services
 
On Monday, Russia became third country in the World with the most Coronavirus cases after reporting more than 11,600 new cases of COVID -19.  In total, they now have more than 221,340 cases and 2,009 deaths.
 

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UK Coronavirus death toll ‘passes 40,000’ – by far the worst in Europe








The number of Coronavirus deaths in the UK has now passed 40,000, making it by far the worst toll in Europe. 
 
The Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday that 35,044 deaths involving Covid-19 were registered in England and Wales up to 9 May. 
 
Figures from the National Records of Scotland showed 2,795 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to May 3, while in Northern Ireland, 516 deaths had been registered in the country up to May 6. 
 
A further 1,678 hospital patients in England who had tested positive for Covid-19 died between May 2 and May 10, according to figures published by NHS England – which, together with the total figure of 38,355 registered deaths, the total official UK death toll now stands at 40,011.
 
The shocking new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have also revealed that almost 40% of deaths are in care homes. There were 8,312 coronavirus-related care home deaths registered up to May 1 in England and Wales, the ONS said. 
 
The figures cement the UK as the worst-affected country in Europe. Italy has recorded 30,739 deaths, Spain 26,744 and France 26,604, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Germany has recorded 7,661
 
 

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[b]Chinwe Chibuike Foundation Donates To Essential Workers, Homeless Persons In USA[/b]


Chinwe Chibuike Foundation Makes Donations To Essential Workers And Homeless Persons In Massachusetts, USA.

The recent survival stress created by the novel coronavirus pandemic outbreak is yet sinking several homes, families and individuals into hopelessness, thereby seeking assistance for shelter, food and security from government, as well as humanitarian agencies. The ongoing panic had necessitated a renowned Nigeria, but US based NGO, the Chinwe Chibuike Foundation to make donations on Tuesday 6th 2020 to essential workers frontlining the war against the covid19 and to homeless persons in Massachusetts, USA.

The exercise in Massachusetts, USA was supported by the collaborative efforts of Resilient Roses Respite. The donation is an activity of GivingTuesdayNow and Cincodemayo, an emergency intervention project of Chinwe Chibuike Foundation and Resilient Roses Respite.

According to the Project Director of Chinwe Chibuike Foundation, she noted that the exercise had coincided with intentional programs to holistically provide succor and interventions to contain the crisis created by the Covid19 outbreak, which has affected a reasonable figure of the world's population, especially in Massachusetts USA, with about 76,743 confirmed infected cases, with about 4,840 deaths.

She further noted that the duo organizations will continue to engage subsequent giveaway of more food items and relief materials to keep them safe and healthy amidst the stay at home and lockdown policies. Beneficiaries of the giveaway also expressed appreciation for the efforts made by Chinwe Chibuike Foundation and her partners, Resilient Respite.

Chinwe Chibuike Foundation has continue to participate in interventional em toergency support programs across the globe, especially in the US and Africa- Nigeria. Her agency has remained focused in salvage programs to emancipate the downtrodden from the hardship they are already faced-with.

https://www.statepress.ng/2020/05/chinwe-chibuike-foundation-partner-make.html?m=1

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US Democrats unveil new $3 trillion Coronavirus relief proposal that'll pay $1,200 to every American






US House Democrats led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday unveiled a new Coronavirus stimulus bill proposal estimated to cost $3 trillion, that if signed into law by Donald Trump will be the largest economic bailout package agreed by any government worldwide to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic.


The package was agreed by the Democrats without input from Republicans, or the White House and from the $3 trillion package, about $1 trillion would go to state, local and tribal governments.
 
 $1,200 will be paid to individuals while a maximum of $6,000 will be paid per household. $600 will be given as extra in weekly unemployment insurance while student loan payments  will be paused through September, creating a new $175 billion benefit that would subsidize rent and mortgage payments for Americans.
 
Pelosi named the proposal, the Heroes ACT, while announcing the historic package in a televised address from the Capitol Tuesday. If the bill is passed into law it'll surpass the $2 trillion Coronavirus stimulus package agreed bipartisanly and signed by Trump in March.

"We face the biggest catastrophe in our nation's history," Pelosi said.

“This is a moment when many millions of our fellow Americans are in deep suffering," Pelosi said. "We must have empathy for our heroes."
 
Pelosi continued: "We must also empathize with the pain of families who do not know where their next meals are coming from and how to pay next month's rent."
 
Republicans aren't in support of the bill and it is not clear if the White House will support the bill. 
 
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., blasted Pelosi for drafting a "liberal wish list" while Congress is still on recess.
"Now she wants to write a $3 trillion bill, with no one able to see, no accountability, and no input," McCarthy told Fox News on Monday. "I mean, this is not how democracy works. This is a real concern to all of us this won't ever become law, but it'll be the wishlist of the liberals, to try to change election law, fund Planned Parenthood, and make sure sanctuary cities get the chunk of the money.”
 
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reacting to the proposed bill said; “I don’t think we have yet felt the urgency of acting immediately, but that time could develop, but I don't think it has yet,”
 
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, more than 80,000 deaths have been recorded in America while 33 million Americans have lost their jobs and filed for unemployment.
 

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New York now has 100 children suffering from deadly Coronavirus-related ‘Kawasaki disease’ that inflames blood vessels in kids (photos)






About 100 children are now suffering from a potentially deadly inflammation of the blood vessels believed to be related to the Coronavirus disease, New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced.
 

 
According to Cuomo, three children a five year-old boy, a seven year-old boy and 18 year-old girl, died after battling symptoms similar to those caused by Kawasaki disease.
 
Kawasaki disease, a rare illness with just 20,000 cases recorded annually in the US, can be managed with medications like aspirin and medical professionals believe the disease is linked to Coronavirus.
 

 
It’s too early to tell how big a concern the disease might become, but the illness came up during a Senate hearing Tuesday when Dr. Anthony Fauci of the White House coronavirus task force warned against rushing to reopen schools in the fall. He referenced “children presenting with COVID-19 who actually have a very strange inflammatory syndrome, very similar to Kawasaki syndrome.

“I think we better be careful if we are not cavalier in thinking that children are completely immune to the deleterious effects (of the virus).’’ Fauci said
 



Of the 100 children diagnosed, 52 live in New York City, with 10 further suspected cases awaiting results. Out of the 62 possible or confirmed cases,  25 youngsters have tested positive for Covid-19. while another 22 had antibodies for Covid-19, indicting that they’ve previously had coronavirus and cleared it from their bodies.
 
Governor Andrew Cuomo discussing the new infections, said: ‘We have about 100 cases of an inflammatory disease in young children that seems to be created by the Covid virus. this is something that’s just starting…the symptoms of the children are analyzed to the Kawasaki disease or toxic shock syndrome.

‘It’s an inflammation of the blood vessels and can affect the heart..if we have this issue in New York we probably have it in other states. These children don’t present the usual Covid symptoms, they’re not respiratory symptoms.’ 

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13th May, 2020




NEWS /HEALTH
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
More than 4.2 million infections confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories, including at least 291,000 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 291,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while 4.2 million infections have been confirmed in at least 187 countries and territories. More than 1.5 million people have recovered to date.

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

United States - 1,381,696 cases, 83,648 deaths
Russia - 242,271 cases, 2,212 deaths
Spain - 228,030 cases, 26,920 deaths
United Kingdom - 230,984 cases, 33,263 deaths
Italy - 221,216 cases, 30,911 deaths
France - 178,349 cases, 26,994 deaths
Brazil - 179,457 cases, 12,531 deaths
Germany - 173,546 cases, 7,780 deaths
Turkey - 141,475 cases, 3,952 deaths
Iran - 112,725 cases, 6,783 deaths
China - 84,021 cases, 4,637 deaths
India - 77,729 cases, 2,535 deaths
Canada - 72,448 cases, 5,303 deaths
Peru - 72,059 cases, 2,057 deaths
Belgium - 53,981 cases, 8,843 deaths


Netherlands - 43,410 cases, 5,581 deaths
Saudi Arabia - 44,830 cases, 273 deaths
Mexico - 38,324 cases, 3,926 deaths
Pakistan - 34,336 cases, 737 deaths
Chile - 34,381 cases, 346 deaths
Ecuador - 30,149 cases, 2,327 deaths
Switzerland - 30,413 cases, 1,867 deaths
Portugal - 28,132 cases, 1,175 deaths
Sweden - 27,909 cases, 3,460 deaths
Qatar - 25,539 cases, 14 deaths
Belarus - 25,825 cases, 146 deaths
Singapore - 25,346 cases, 21 deaths
Ireland - 23,242 cases, 1,488 deaths
United Arab Emirates - 19,661 cases, 203 deaths
Poland - 17,204 cases, 861 deaths
Bangladesh - 17,822 cases, 269 deaths
Israel - 16,539 cases, 262 deaths
Ukraine - 16,425 cases, 439 deaths
Japan - 15,968 cases, 657 deaths
Austria - 15,997 cases, 624 deaths
Romania - 16,002 cases, 1,016 deaths
Indonesia - 15,438 cases, 1,028 deaths
Colombia - 12,272 cases, 493 deaths
Philippines - 11,618 cases, 772 deaths
South Africa - 11,350 cases, 206 deaths
South Korea - 10,962 cases, 259 deaths
Dominican Republic - 11,196 cases, 409 deaths
Denmark - 10,865 cases, 533 deaths
Kuwait - 11,028 cases, 82 deaths 


Serbia - 10,243 cases, 220 deaths
Egypt - 10,431 cases, 556 deaths
Panama - 8,783 cases, 252 deaths
Czech Republic - 8,240 cases, 288 deaths 
Norway - 8,168 cases, 229 deaths
Australia - 6,975 cases, 98 deaths
Malaysia - 6,779 cases, 111 deaths


Argentina - 6,779 cases, 321 deaths
Morocco - 6,512 cases, 188 deaths
Algeria - 6,253 cases, 522 deaths
Finland - 6,054 cases, 284 deaths 
Bahrain - 5,816 cases, 10 deaths
Kazakhstan - 5,417 cases, 32 deaths
Moldova - 5,406 cases, 185 deaths
Ghana - 5,408 cases, 24 deaths
Afghanistan - 5,226 cases, 132 deaths
Nigeria - 4,787 cases, 158 deaths
Luxembourg - 3,904 cases, 103 deaths
Oman - 4,019 cases, 17 deaths
Armenia - 3,718 cases, 48 deaths 
Hungary - 3,341 cases, 430 deaths
Thailand - 3,017 cases, 56 deaths
Bolivia - 2,964 cases, 128 deaths
Iraq - 3,032 cases, 115 deaths
Greece - 2,760 cases, 155 deaths
Azerbaijan - 2,758 cases, 35 deaths
Cameroon - 2,689 cases, 125 deaths
Uzbekistan - 2,568 cases, 11 deaths
Guinea - 2,374 cases, 14 deaths
Croatia - 2,213 cases, 94 deaths 
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2,181 cases, 120 deaths
Honduras - 2,080 cases, 121 deaths
Bulgaria - 2,069 cases, 96 deaths
Senegal - 2,105 cases, 21 deaths
Ivory Coast - 1,857 cases, 21 deaths
Cuba - 1,804 cases, 79 deaths

Iceland - 1,802 cases, 10 deaths
Estonia - 1,751 cases, 61 deaths
North Macedonia - 1,694 cases, 95 deaths
Sudan - 1,661 cases, 80 deaths
New Zealand - 1,497 cases, 21 deaths
Lithuania - 1,505 cases, 54 deaths
Slovakia - 1,469 cases, 27 deaths
Slovenia - 1,463 cases, 103 deaths
Djibouti - 1,268 cases, 3 deaths
Guatemala - 1,199 cases, 27 deaths
Somalia - 1,170 cases, 52 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 1,169 cases, 50 deaths
Kyrgyzstan - 1,044 cases, 12 deaths
Tunisia - 1,032 cases, 45 deaths
El Salvador - 1,037 cases, 20 deaths
Latvia - 951 cases, 19 deaths


Kosovo - 919 cases, 29 deaths
Maldives - 955 cases, 3 deaths
Cyprus - 905 cases, 17 deaths
Sri Lanka - 893 cases, 9 deaths
Albania - 880 cases, 31 deaths
Lebanon - 878 cases, 26 deaths
Niger - 854 cases, 47 deaths
Guinea-Bissau - 820 cases, 3 deaths
Costa Rica - 815 cases, 7 deaths
Gabon - 863 cases, 9 deaths
Burkina Faso - 766 cases, 51 deaths
Andorra - 760 cases, 49 deaths
Paraguay - 740 cases, 11 deaths
Mali - 758 cases, 44 deaths
Tajikistan - 801 cases, 23 deaths
Uruguay - 717 cases, 19 deaths
Kenya - 737 cases, 40 deaths 
Georgia - 642 cases, 11 deaths
San Marino - 643 cases, 41 deaths
Jordan - 582 cases, 9 deaths
Tanzania - 509 cases, 21 deaths
Jamaica - 507 cases, 9 deaths
Malta - 506 cases, 5 deaths
Zambia - 446 cases, 7 deaths


Taiwan - 440 cases, 7 deaths
Equatorial Guinea - 522 cases, 6 deaths
Venezuela - 423 cases, 10 deaths
Occupied Palestinian territories - 375 cases, 2 deaths
Chad - 372 cases, 42 deaths
Sierra Leone - 387 cases, 26 deaths
Republic of the Congo - 333 cases, 11 deaths
Mauritius - 332 cases, 10 deaths
Benin - 327 cases, 2 deaths
Montenegro - 324 cases, 9 deaths
Vietnam - 288 cases
Rwanda - 287 cases



Cape Verde - 289 cases, 2 deaths
Ethiopia - 263 cases, 5 deaths
Haiti - 219 cases, 18 deaths
Nepal - 243 cases
Liberia - 213 cases, 20 deaths
Sao Tome and Principe - 220 cases, 6 deaths
Togo - 199 cases, 11 deaths
South Sudan - 194 cases
Madagascar - 212 cases
Eswatini - 187 cases, 2 deaths
Myanmar - 181 cases, 6 deaths
Central African Republic - 143 cases
Brunei - 141 cases, 1 death
Cambodia - 122 cases
Uganda - 126 cases
Trinidad and Tobago - 116 cases, 8 deaths
Guyana - 113 cases, 10 deaths
Mozambique - 104 cases
Monaco - 96 cases, 4 deaths
Bahamas - 93 cases, 11 deaths
Barbados - 85 cases, 7 deaths
Liechtenstein - 82 cases, 1 death

Yemen - 70 cases, 12 deaths
Libya - 64 cases, 3 deaths
Malawi - 63 cases, 3 deaths
Syria - 48 cases, 3 deaths
Angola - 45 cases, 2 deaths
Mongolia - 42 cases
Eritrea - 39 cases
Zimbabwe - 37 cases, 4 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda - 25 cases, 3 deaths
Nicaragua - 25 cases, 8 deaths
Botswana - 24 cases, 1 death
East Timor - 24 cases
Gambia - 23 cases, 1 death
Grenada - 21 cases
Laos - 19 cases
Belize - 18 cases, 2 deaths
Fiji - 18 cases
Saint Lucia - 18 cases
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 17 cases


Dominica - 16 cases
Namibia - 16 cases
Burundi - 15 cases, 1 death
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 15 cases
Vatican - 12 cases
Bhutan - 11 cases
Comoros - 11 case, 1 death
Seychelles - 11 cases
Suriname - 10 cases, 1 death
Mauritania - 9 cases, 1 death
Papua New Guinea - 8 cases
Western Sahara - 6 cases
Lesotho - 1 

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COVID-19: Qatar makes face masks mandatory with violators to be fined up to $53,000 or jailed for three years







Qatar's interior ministry announced on Thursday that wearing masks will be mandatory for everyone going outside starting on Sunday, and those who do not comply will be fined up to 200,000 riyals ($53,000).
 
Violators could also be jailed up to three years, or fined, according to a statement on the ministry's Twitter account.
 
The statement added that the only exception will be if the person is alone driving in a vehicle.
 
At a meeting on Wednesday, cabinet mandated the wearing of face masks “upon leaving the house for any reason” except when “alone while driving a vehicle,” the Qatar News Agency reported.
 
The decision on Wednesday is effective from Sunday “until further notice,” with penalties of up to three years in jail and fines of up to 200,000 riyals ($55,000), it added.
 
Qatar, with a population of 2.75 million people, reported 1,733 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking their total to 28,272 with 14 deaths.
 
 

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Slovenia declares end of Coronavirus epidemic








The Slovenian government has declared the end of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the first country in Europe to do so after authorities confirmed less than seven new coronavirus cases each day for the past two weeks.
 
People now arriving in Slovenia from other European Union states will no longer be obliged to go into quarantine for at least seven days as was the case from early April, the government said in a statement, but a quarantine of at least 14 days will remain in place for people from non-EU states, except for some exemptions including diplomats and people transporting cargo. 
 
As for foreign citizens who show signs of coronavirus infection, they will not be allowed to enter the country.
 
Citizens will still have to follow basic rules to prevent a possible spread of infection, the government said without elaborating.
 
They are also required to wear masks in indoor public spaces, stand at least 1.5 metres (5 feet) apart, and disinfect hands upon entering public spaces.
 
"Slovenia has tamed the epidemic over the past two months... Today Slovenia has the best epidemiological picture in Europe," Prime Minister Janez Jansa told parliament in a remote session late Thursday.
 
According to the prime minister, the end of epidemic means some measures, including financial aid to citizens and firms hit by the coronavirus, will expire at the end of May.
 
The country of two million people, which borders Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia, has so far reported 1,464 coronavirus cases and 103 deaths. with 267 recoveries.