Global Update 7th July

COVID – 19 Global Update

Global

Cases, 11,645,109

Deaths, 538,780

9 lung transplants

Australia

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-uk-deaths-update-covid-lockdown-rules/

https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-current-situation-and-case-numbers

Melbourne

191 new cases in 24 hours

Daniel Andrews, now too many incidents to trace and track

Five million in Melbourne, to lock down for six weeks

From midnight on Wednesday

Victoria effectively sealed off from the rest of the country

The alternative is to pretend it’s over

Do the 3, COVID safe app

US

Cases, 2,938,624

Deaths, 130,306

Weekend parties and crowds

Just like memorial Day, spike in 2 weeks

Fighting 2 wars, (Houston Doctor on NBC)
https://rt.live

Thursday 25 June 39,000
Friday 26 June 45,300
Saturday 27 June 42,700
Sunday 28 June 39,000
Monday 29 June 41,400
Tuesday 30 June 45,700
Wednesday 1 July 51,200
Thursday 2 July 54,869
Friday 3 July 57,718
Saturday 4 July 52,228
Sunday 5 July 44,361

Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT8VyyXca6A

44 ICUs at capacity

Texas

120 increase in hospitalisations

Arizona

Most patients under 44

Spain

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/05/global-report-second-local-lockdown-in-spain-second-wave-in-israel

Regional increases, 70,000 people in Galicia lockdown

Increasing cases

Philippines

Quarantine measures eased

Cases + 2,434 = 47,873

Deaths, 1,309

Saudi Arabia

Cases, + 4,000 = 213,716

Deaths, 1,968

United Arab Emirates

Cases, 52,068

Deaths, 324

Plans to reopen Dubai

Israel

Cases, 31,271

Deaths, 338

Yuli Edelstein, facing a second wave

Cases, + 977 = 31,271

Benjamin Netanyahu, ‘We are at the height of a new corona offensive. This is a very strong outbreak that is growing and spreading in the world and also here’

Phone surveillance technology in use

West Bank

Residents were ordered to stay at home on Friday

Cases, + 500 = 3,835

Serbia

Population 9 m

Cases, 16,420

Deaths, 317

Declared a state of emergency in Belgrade after surge

Reimposing some restrictions

Iran

Cases, 243,051

Deaths, 11,731

Mandated face masks in public

Voluntary social distancing not working

Russia

Population, 144 m

Cases, 693,215

Deaths, 10,478

India

Cases, 719,664

Deaths, 20,159

Mumbai, 20 m

New surge

Four new field hospitals, 3,500 beds

Face covering

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53316491

Late April

UK, 25%

Italy, 83.4%

United States, 65.8%

Spain, 63.8%

Royal Society, Prof Ramakrishnan

https://royalsociety.org/news/2020/07/president-of-the-royal-society-urges-everyone-to-wear-a-face-covering/

Public remained sceptical about their benefits

The message has not been clear enough

Guidelines have been inconsistent.

‘What we would like for the government is to be a bit stronger and clearer about the messaging and require it whenever you are in crowded public spaces where you cannot get more than two metres away from the next person’

‘anti-social’

Public transport and hospitals

Scotland, mandatory on public transport, shops from 10 July

World Health Organization, advised since June

Prof Paul Edelstein, University of Pennsylvania

https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p16652

Evidence that they protected other people was ‘clearer all the time’


‘Some evidence’ they protected the wearer

‘There are people without symptoms going about their daily business who are unknowingly breathing out droplets that are carrying the virus’

‘If they had their faces covered the majority of those droplets would be caught before they can infect other people

Wearing face coverings can help save lives and prevent disabling illnesses’