UK
Leicester closed down
Brent increasing cases, very poor social distancing
Deputy first minister
ONS
14 to 27 June 2020
England, 25,000 infections COVID-19 at any given time
1 in 2,200 of the population
Tracker App, 1,445 new cases per day across the UK
The decrease in the number of people in England testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) is continuing to level off
Flu Vaccine
Significant additional supply
Pregnancy
NHS and care workers
Over 65s
Primary school children
Risk groups
? now for over 50s
SAGE, (30th April)
Consideration of whether to vaccinate the entire UK population
R Values
UK, R = 0.7 – 0.8
England, 0.8 – 0.9
Growth rate for UK = minus 0.8 to 0.9
Test and trace
May 28 to June 24, NHS test and trace
27,125 people who tested positive in England
20,039 (74 %) were reached and asked to provide details of recent contacts
6,245 (23%) were not reached
However,
153,442 identified contacts
132,525 (86%) reached and asked to self-isolate
Pubs
Ireland
Book a table
Restrict their group to four
Sanitise hands
Not go to the bar
Not sing
105 minutes
England 4th July
Independence Day
Super Saturday
First time since 23rd March
Northern Ireland, opened Friday
A and E doctors plead with drinkers not to get plastered
England Quarantine
Dropped for Spain, Italy, France, Germany
US will still need to quarantine for 14 days
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Croatia
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Malta
Mauritius
Monaco
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Reunion
San Marino
Serbia
Seychelles
South Korea
Spain
St Barthelemy
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Pierre and Miquelon
Switzerland
Taiwan
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Vatican City
Vietnam
The 14 British overseas territories will also be exempt
Insurance issues
Philippines
Largest single-day increase of cases
Case, + 1,531 = 40,336
Deaths, 1,280
Netherlands
Another mink farm infected, now 18
Mink showed symptoms
Two workers infected, first known animal-to-human transmissions
South Africa
Cases, 168,061
Deaths, 2,844
40,000 to 70,000 before the end of 2020
Reopening
Increasing cases
Hospitals already struggling
Johannesburg
Considering reimposing some restrictions
Mexico
Cases, 238,511
Deaths, 29,189
Arizona cases rise, considering border closure
Screening incoming from the United States over the July 4th weekend
Checking temperatures and asking about symptoms
Australia
Victoria, 66 new cases
28 further cases under investigation
Linked to a ‘super spreader’
Victorian health minister Jenny Mikakos
I sought some explanations. I wanted to know what had gone wrong
Genomic sequencing report that seemed to suggest that there seems to be a single source of infection
Further genomic sequencing under way