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COVID -19, Global Update, June
Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, Chad, Central African Republic, (IRC)
Women make up less than 30 per cent of confirmed cases
Women significantly more likely to be carers or health workers
Globally women make up about 49 per cent of confirmed cases (WHO)
Major increase in rates of female genital mutilation
Increased numbers of forced marriages
IRC data
Feb – March 2020, 50% decrease in reports in Bangladesh and 30% in Tanzania
Iraq, nearly two months without a reported case
For every 3 months of lockdown, there will be an additional 15 million cases of gender-based violence
IRC team in Kenya reports a 20% increase
El Salvador, IRC partners report a 70% increase among women seeking services.
Austria
Ischgl
Highest seroprevalence ever shown in a study
42.4% antibody positive
15% had previously tested positive, so 85 percent did not notice or had dismissed symptoms as a cold.
Greater Lisbon
Increase in cases
Some parts of the city will be locked down again, 29 June – 12 July
Leave home only to buy essential goods such as food or medication, and to travel to and from work.
US
Cases, + 34,700 + 36,358 = 2, 398,491
Deaths, 122,238
Late-April peak was 36,400 new cases per day
CDC, deaths reaching 150,000 in next month
Hotspots
Washington State
Utah
Arizona
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Cases, + 5,500
Rapid transmission in 18 – 34 years
California
29% increase in hospitalizations in 2 weeks
Texas
Pausing any further phases to reopen
Recent increase in positive Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations
North Carolina
Masks mandated
People can be charged with trespassing if they refuse to leave a business and don’t have a mask on
War on plastic
Sea
‘fatbergs’ – made up of face masks, gloves and wipes, clogging up sewer systems in the US after they were flushed
UK
New cases + 3,612
Downward trend has now flattened (ONS community antigen survey)
5% of population = 3,300,000
Deaths, 43,314
Pubs, cafes and restaurants can apply for pavement trading licences
Makeshift stalls, tables, umbrellas, barriers and heaters if granted
Local authorities
Ministers, plan al fresco
Brixton riots, 22 police injured
Packed beaches in Dorset
10m antibody tests
1 in 7 London
1 in 20 UK
Quarter of patients transferred to the NHS Test and Trace system could not be reached to provide contacts.
6,923 cases transferred to the contact tracing system in the week
1,791 (25.9%) could not be reached by the manual tracing scheme
30,286 (81%) of people identified as close contacts of positive Covid-19 cases were reached and told to self-isolate
Israel
Eases restrictions at end of May
Surge in new coronavirus cases
Shin Bet has started tracing again
India
Cases, + 16,922 = 473,105
New Delhi, cases, + 3,788 = 70,390
Viral clusters
Coronavirus survey, taking health details from New Delhi’s 29 million
Plan to test all symptomatic by 6 July
Police to enforce physical distancing
Containment zones
Drones to ensure strict perimeter control
Iraq
Cases + 2,500 = 39,139
Deaths + 107 = 1,437
Hospitals across the country have been overwhelmed over the last week
NZ
Expect about 12 cases per week from returners
Should be able to contain these
