Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #30

[gregjrichards]

Bill Gates urges everyone to 'stay calm' during the coronavirus pandemic claiming some doomsday projections are 'too negative' and the crisis may only last six to 10 weeks in some countries

Bill Gates urges everyone to 'stay calm' during the coronavirus pandemic | Daily Mail Online

 

[margarita25]

List of California cities ordered to 'shelter in place’
10 hours ago

 

[gregjrichards]

Nearly 700 weary passengers stuck onboard a British cruise ship after cases of the killer coronavirus were confirmed rejoiced as they were repatriated from Havana to Heathrow.

Cuba allowed MS Braemar, operated by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, to dock in its waters after several Caribbean island nations - including Commonwealth states Barbados and the Bahamas - declined UK requests.

Passengers from cruise ship hit by coronavirus rejoice in Cuba as they board flights to Britain | Daily Mail Online

 

[margarita25]

Here's What San Francisco Looks Like During It's Shelter-In-Place Order
March 18, 2020

 

[gregjrichards]

Latest case numbers and fatalities in Iran

Iran, which has the third-largest national outbreak of coronavirus, has just announced another big increase in cases.

Authorities say they have detected 1,046 new cases in the past day, bringing the total to 18,407. It registered 149 deaths in the past 24 hours, out of a total 1,284.

Coronavirus live news: EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive

 

[margarita25]

Forbes:
How New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Balances Calm With The Need For ‘Drastic Measures’ In COVID-19 Updates

 

[gregjrichards]

Latest case figures and fatalities in Germany

The number of confirmed cases in Germany has risen to 12,853, with the number of deaths reaching 34.

Politicians, police and prominent figures appealed to Germans to ‘stay at home’, or risk the introduction of curfews as in France, amid widespread evidence that many people are still not sufficiently reducing their movements to halt the spread of coronavirus.

Coronavirus live news: EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive

 

[WideOpen]

Good morning all.

One of my daughters is a student at CCU, Coastal, Conway-Horry county so I am including this to date. She is off campus with 3 roommates.

This is surreal- it isn't any easier to accept once it has sunk in. It is actually more difficult if I may say so. You know what and who to believe after following breakout from China day 1.

Five cases of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, are confirmed in Horry County, health officials say.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control confirmed the fifth caseWednesday night. Four additional cases were confirmed earlier in the week, with the first confirmed case in Horry County announced Saturday night.

There have been no deaths related to the virus in Horry County as of Thursday morning.

Read more here: https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/coronavirus/article241328396.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Henry2326]

Ford, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler are joining Honda in closing down all of their US factories, sending about 150,000 workers home in an effort to help fight the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Ford, GM, Fiat Chrysler join Honda in closing US factories to slow pandemic

 

[gregjrichards]

Northern Ireland has recorded the first death of a patient who tested positive for Covid-19, the Department of Health has announced. The patient was described as elderly and as having an underlying medical condition.

It takes the UK death toll to 105.

Coronavirus live news: EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive

 

[gregjrichards]

Costa Rica has reported its first coronavirus death, the Tico Times reports.

An 87-year-old man became the first person with COVID-19 to die in Costa Rica, the Health Ministry said Wednesday afternoon.

The man had been at San Rafael de Alajuela Hospital and in intensive care.

Coronavirus live news: EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive

 

[Henry2326]

Dr. Deborah Birx says the coronavirus task force is concerned about reports indicating that millennials are becoming seriously ill from coronavirus, suggesting they may have continued to be exposed because they weren’t concerned about being at risk. Public health expert believes millennials may face "disproportional number of infections"

 

[gregjrichards]

Spanish coronavirus death toll jumps 30 per cent - rising by 209 to 767 - in a day as number of cases rockets 25 per cent to 17,147

Spanish coronavirus death toll jumps 30 per cent - rising by 209 to 767 - in a day | Daily Mail Online

 

[Henry2326]

Any interventions we make today will not show up in our data for 1-2 weeks. The time it takes to show symptoms after being infected is about 5 days, and then it takes a few more days to get diagnosed and counted. For a while it will feel like nothing is working but it takes time.
Caitlin Rivers, PhD on Twitter

 

[gregjrichards]

Coronavirus panic sparks violence in France as shoppers brawl over keeping a safe distance in supermarket queue while others panic-buy BAGUETTES

Coronavirus panic sparks violence in France as shoppers brawl | Daily Mail Online

 

[Henry2326]

ARIZONA.....embarrassing statement....

Breaking: Arizona Department of Corrections waives medical copays for inmates with cold and flu symptoms, makes soap available to inmates for free, stops internal inmate movement Jimmy Jenkins on Twitter

 

[Deleted member 158085]

On Tuesday, my husband asked for and got permission to work from home. By the end of the day, the company had ordered all to work from home and to not enter the building again without permission. When he went in to retrieve some equipment, there was only one entrance open and he had to sign in. The next day we got word of a positive case in that county. I’m hoping it was not a co-worker.

 

[Trudie]

I’ve read a smoker is more vulnerable. I wonder if poor lung function is a contributing factor OR is the dirty hand to mouth contact to blame. No smoker I know washes his hands each time he wants to light up.
As I attempted to doze off, I thought of all the nasty habits people have that might put them at risk. Little things—we’ve all seen busboys return unused individual cracker & condiment packages to the bin, diners opening condiments packs with their teeth, gas station clerks here are great for constantly making coffee without washing their hands. Most have to wait on customers, handle money and clean bathrooms, take out trash, etc. I know the station I normally buy gas & lottery has one employee on duty at a time. I can honestly say, I’ve never seen her wash her hands.......we go to concerts, rodeos, festivals & the food booths/trucks are SRO, & people having few places to wash their hands are buying food/using squeeze bottle condiments, leaving stubborn germs behind. Filthy hand to mustard bottle to hot dog to mouth to what? Death?
As a society, we need to be much more conscious about what we touch, imo. I could not eat finger foods if I only used hand sanitizer, I’m a person that must use soap & water. How insane is it to think of how many things we touch in the course of a day, going from one to the next?
The “hands off face” is incredibly hard to do if one has long hair, imo. Especially on windy days. I’ve started clipping mine up more. Of course I’m not able to go out do it matters none what my hair looks like, my animals love me just the same, lol.

 

[Henry2326]

CALIFORNIA

California governor says 60,000 homeless in state could get coronavirus in next eight weeks Some 60,000 California homeless could get coronavirus in coming weeks, governor says Reuters on Twitter

 

[margarita25]

Ford, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler are joining Honda in closing down all of their US factories, sending about 150,000 workers home in an effort to help fight the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Ford, GM, Fiat Chrysler join Honda in closing US factories to slow pandemic

Morning was just going to say @Henry2326 slept in today and hopefully got some rest.

Nightshift clocking out.