COVID – 19, Tuesday 21st April
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Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathogen Emissions
Potential Implications for Reducing Transmission of COVID-19
Lydia Bourouibia (26 March 2020)
United Nations
Warn of risk of famine, 250m could be hungry
Biblical proportions, war, locusts
West Africa
South Sudan
Yemen
Syria
10 – 36 countries
Destabilisation
Global
2,578,930 cases deaths, 17,8096
Africa
24,000 confirmed cases
Treatment is not an option
Europe, 4,000 beds per million people
UK, 141,000 beds
Africa 5 beds per million
South Sudan, 12m, 4 ventilators (IRC)
HIV
TB
Ebola
Malnutrition
Untreated diseases
South Africa
3, 465 cases
58 deaths
Many protests, hunger or infection
73,000 soldiers deployed to enforce lockdown and help medical services
Loitering arrests
Many migrants
US
825,306 cases
45,075 deaths
Restricts immigration
Borders restricted
6 voters and 1 poll worker from Wisconsin election
Federal advice, 2-week downward trend before reducing restrictions
North Carolina keeping restrictions
Georgia leading reopening schedules
Tennessee partly opening from Monday
UK
130, 184 cases
Deaths + 823 = 17,378
RAF brings in PPE from Turkey
Care homes staff testing difficulties
Still working
Not working
Mobile testing units
Peak of hospital deaths 8th April
Oxford trials from tomorrow
Manufacturing capacity being made now
Mexico
9,501 cases
857 deaths
Phase 3, of rapid ascent
Peak spread in early May
Thousands of prisoners released
Many migrants in transit
Spain
208, 389
Deaths +500 = 21,717
Lockdown for 2 more weeks, into May
Some return to work
Australia
Greece
World meter
Our world in data
Dutch infection rates
AJ
ONS UK
Symptom check list in English
Symptom check list in Italian and Thai, French Finish