Global
Cases, 17, 859, 763
Deaths, 685, 179
WHO
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
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,
Georgia summer camp
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
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
Germany
Cases + 900
More than 900 new cases per day for past 7 days
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
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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