2nd August, Coronavirus, Sunday Global Update

Global
Cases, 17, 859, 763
Deaths, 685, 179

WHO
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

US
Cases, 4, 628, 400

Average new cases per day over past week = 62, 579

Down 5% from 2 weeks ago

Deaths, + 1,054 = 154, 900

https://rt.live

Florida

State of emergency

Shelters prepared

7 days supplies

Outdoor testing suspended

Tracking up the East coast

70 m at risk

California

Cases, 493,588 (CDC)

Cases, 509,507 (NYT, State and local health agencies, local hospitals)

NYT data base,

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html#states


Georgia summer camp

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6931e1.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYEFfd63AxY

June 11th posted safety video

Camp closed 2 July

597 attended

344 tested

260 positives

Drivers

Bunk rooms

Regular singing and cheering

Not done

Opening windows and doors in buildings

Masks not used by campers

Atlanta

Public health emergency extended to mid-September

World congress centre, 60 beds

Dog diagnosis

9 dogs sniffing urine samples

95% accuracy

Sweat testing

Mass people screening


South Africa

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-53625789

Cases, + 10,107 = 503,290

Deaths, 8,153

Cyril Ramaphosa, case fatality is 1.6% - ‘significantly lower than the global average’

Local researchers, recorded a jump of nearly 60% in deaths in recent weeks

South African Medical Research Council

6th May – 21 July, excess of 22,000 natural mortalities

US, Brazil, Russia, India, South Africa

Infections are not expected to peak for another month

Alcohol sales banned again last month

A state of emergency is also in force until 15 August

World Health Organization, South Africa's experience was a likely a precursor to what would happen across the rest of the continent

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/02/coronavirus-live-news-victoria-faces-highest-lockdown-as-south-africa-cases-pass-500000


Germany

Cases + 900

More than 900 new cases per day for past 7 days

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53622797

20,000 in protest against coronavirus restrictions

"day of freedom" from months of coronavirus restrictions

"Corona, false alarm" and "We are being forced to wear a muzzle".

Wearing of facemasks violated their rights and freedoms

Police broke up the protest

Organisers had not respected coronavirus hygiene regulations

Russia

Cases, 849, 277

Deaths, 14, 104

Mass vaccination campaign in October

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53621708

Russian scientists

Early-stage trials of an adenovirus-based vaccine

Developed by the Gamaleya Institute

Completed and that the results were a success

Teachers and doctors first

Dr Anthony Fauci

Hoped that Russia and China were "actually testing the vaccine" first

US should have a "safe and effective" vaccine by the end of 2020

"I do not believe that there will be vaccines so far ahead of us that we will have to depend on other countries to get us vaccines,"

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