US
Cases, 4,225,687 (CDC)
Cases, 4,294,770 (JH)
Tuesday, 21st 63,028
Wednesday 22nd 70,106
Thursday 23rd 72,219
Friday 24th 74,818
Saturday 25th 64,582
Sunday 26th 61,795
Deaths, 148, 056
1,000 deaths per day for past week
Cases increasing in 40 states
30 states require face covering
Dr Birx
If every mayor could mandate mask wearing
The virus is there, its spreading, it will hit your nursing homes
Texas
Bars open despite mandated closures by Governor
‘Its not a communist country’
ICUs full, over 100%
NJ
700 people at a house party
California
Large Church gathering on the beech
Long beach island
35 lifeguards tested positive after social events
North Korea
25m people
Defector positive
Therefore, NK has one official case
Health care system
Spain
Cases, 272,421
Deaths, 28,343
Deaths ? 60% higher
After 26 July 14 days self-isolation for returning Brits
Self-isolate for two weeks upon return
Advising “against all but essential travel to the whole of Spain”
UK
New cases, + 1, 884
Deaths, 45,844
ONS
Week ending 17 July 2020 (Week 29) England and Wales
Registered deaths = 8,823
3.0% (270 deaths fewer) below 5 year average
5th consecutive week that deaths have been below the five-year average
295 (3.3%) of the 8,823 deaths mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”
Sudan
Cases, 11,424
Deaths, 720
20 % + are going hungry
Conflict, rising food prices, coronavirus
Yemen
Thousands of possible undetected deaths from cholera
January – April, 2020, 110,000 cases of cholera
80% of the population requiring aid
Russia
US, Brazil, India, Russia
Cases, + 5,395 = 823,515
Deaths, + 150 = 13,504.
Germany
Cases, 206,242
Deaths, 9,122
Widespread early testing
Good health care system
Germany has registered an average of
New cases, + 557
Early June, + 350
Koch Institute, (Lothar Wieler)
We must prevent that the virus once again spreads rapidly and uncontrollably
The latest developments in the number of COVID-19 cases are of great concern to me and all of us at the RKI,
It’s in our hands how the pandemic evolves in Germany
Face masks, outdoors, if the recommended 1.5-metre (5-foot) distancing cannot be maintained
Outbreaks, returning tourists, workplaces, outdoor parties
Recommending against travel to Aragon, Catalonia and Navarra
Philippine
Cases, + 1,678 = 83,673
Over 1,000 per day for last 14 days
Deaths, 1,947
Hong Kong
Cases, + 106 = 2,880
98 that locally transmitted
Deaths, 22
Ban restaurant dining
Restrict gatherings to two people
Mandate masks in outdoor spaces
Taiwan
Cases, 467
Deaths, 7
Borders mostly closed since mid-March
20 active cases
First possible local infection in more than a month
Thai man
180 contacts screened
5 further cases in returnees from the Philippines and Hong Kong.
Vietnam
Cases, 431
Deaths, 0
Vaccine
Pre-clinical, 142
Phase 1, 17
Phase 2, 13
Phase 3, 5
Approved, 0
Moderna / NIH
Phase 3 began yesterday
30,000 volunteers
89 sites in the US
Placebo controlled
Counting cases in both groups with natural exposure
$1 Billion
500m doses per year
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