COVID-19

Friday 24th April, Global Update

COVID – 19, Friday 24th April

Surface cleaners are for surfaces
Topical applications are for topical indications
People have died by drinking the wrong stuff
Injections are for professionals
Light will not penetrate into the body
No treatments will light up the inside of the body

2,716,917 190,985

United States
Cases 869,172
Deaths 49,963

NY State
Antibody testing (Andrew Cuomo) on Thursday.
State randomly tested 3,000 people at grocery stores and shopping locations across 19 counties in 40 localities
19.4 million people, preliminary results 2.7 million New Yorkers have been infected with Covid-19.
NY State 13.9%

NY City, 21%

Positive cases infected up to 6 weeks ago

Virus spreading earlier than thought

263,754 confirmed cases with 19,453 deaths (CFR = 7.3)

13.9% of 19.4 m = 2, 696, 600 actual infections

Giving a CFR of 0.72%

Italy
189,973 cases
25,549 deaths
Acute Respiratory Distress syndrome was observed in the majority of patients (96.7% of cases), Acute renal failure (22.6%)
Superinfection, observed in 12.7%
Acute cardiac injury in 9.3% of cases.
Antibiotics were used by 84% of patients during hospital stay
Less used were antivirals (56%) and corticosteroids (36%)

As of April 20 , 238 out of the 21,551 (1.1%) positive SARS-CoV-2 patients under the age of 50 died.
54 of these were less than 40 years (34 men and 20 women)
38 had serious pre-existing pathologies (cardiovascular, renal, psychiatric pathologies, diabetes, obesity)
10 had no major pathologies
6 no data available

UK
Cases 139,246
Deaths 18,791
All essential workers offered test if symptomatic, or family
Supermarket workers
Delivery drivers

Brazil
Cases 50, 036
Deaths + 407 = 3,331

Ecuador
Cases 11,183
Deaths 560
More cases and deaths

Peru
Cases 20,914
Deaths 572
More cases and deaths

South Korea
Cases 10,708
Deaths 240
No deaths in last 24 hours

South Africa
3953 cases
75 deaths
Wear masks outdoor
Start lifting lockdown from 1st May

Hungary
2383 cases
250 deaths

We are currently in a lockdown

Planned that this will be lifted on the 6th of May

Daily case numbers and deaths not going down

Starting from the 27th you will have to wear masks in Budapest when shopping or using public transport

50-60% of beds have been cleared in hospitals to provide enough beds for the reopening

Officially you will only get tested if you have been in contact with an infected person, and/or you have left the country in the past 14 day

People tend to work, even if unwell

WHO
Malaria deaths could double due to lack of nets
Up to half of all European deaths could have occurred in care homes
Western Europe, stable or declining
Increasing in Eastern Europe, Africa, south America
A long way to go
Transmission has been suppressed
Most of the world’s population remain susceptible
Find every case, isolate every case, test, care for, trace and quarantine every contact
Educate, engage and empower your people
Evidence based technical advice, analyse and synthesis best science

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