Wednesday 8th April Global Update

Australia information
https://www.australia.gov.au

African Americans more effected
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-coronavirus-deaths-demographics-lightfoot-20200406-77nlylhiavgjzb2wa4ckivh7mu-story.html

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/02/michigans-covid-19-deaths-hit-417-cases-exceed-10-700/5113221002/

Variations in ACE 2 receptor
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jmv.25832

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COVID-19 Wednesday 8th April

Do not go out for Easter

1,441,128 82,992

Africa
Cases now over 10,000

UK
PM stable, on standard oxygen treatment
+ 3,634 = 55,957 confirmed
PM stable, on standard oxygen treatment
Deaths + 786 hospital = 6,159
Doubled in the last 4 days
Doubled in the 3 days before this
Therefore curve not as steep
Potential 10,000 deaths by weekend
Peak in deaths should be within a week at 700 – 900 deaths per day

Porton Down, 800 randomised antibody tests

Spain
146,690 confirmed cases
Deaths + 757 = 14,555
Second day of increase

Spain and Italy now seeing decrease in daily death rates

Italy
Village closed off
Spread from care home
All to be tested
How virus spreads
Number symptomatic

China
+ 62 new cases mostly back flow
Wuhan travel restrictions partly lifted
After 11 weeks of lockdown
Must have a green code on phone
Hubei, limited going out, must wear a mask
Patients still in hospital

Saudi
2,795 cases
Deaths 41
10,000 – 200, 000 infections expected
Drones taking body temperature
Mecca and Medina closed off

France
110,070 confirmed
Deaths 10,328
Paris, no exercise outside
Aircraft carrier

US
399,929 confirmed

Deaths + 1,800

NY and NJ severely effected
Rate of hospital admissions slowing down

WHO funding may be restricted, ‘they called it wrong’ ‘Chinacentric”, “they should have known’
WHO hit back saying this is not the time to cut funding

Surgeon General; African Americans are more effected
Up to 4 times
Michigan, Chicago, New Orleans, East Boston

About 68% of death, about 30% of Chicago’s total population,

As of Monday 6th April, 1,969 black Chicagoans, 891 white Chicagoans, 523 Latino Chicagoans and 134 Asian Chicagoans diagnosed

Sociological or physiological explanation
Health inequalities
Prevalence of chronic illness
Wisconsin had an election

Belarus
1,066 confirmed
13 deaths
Football in Minsk
Teams shaking hands
Sauna or vodka may help
Kissing crosses

Denmark
Controlled reopening of the country
Borders closed to 10 May
No large events or festivals to end of August

Ethiopia
State of emergency

India
? lockdown extension

South Korea
Exporting test kits

Canada
17,897 cases

Australia
6,010 cases
Deaths 39
302, 663 tests (1.9%+)
Most cases overseas acquired

Hospitalised;
NSW 240
VIC 35
QLD 43
WA 58
NT 24


WHO, 60 teams

Genetic variations in the ACE-2 receptor

Professor Ferrari resigns

More contagious than sessional flu

Virus may live on hard surfaces for 3 days

Person to person mostly droplet, but also in the air, surfaces, faeces