Full lockdown in Scotland for January. To be clear what is needed is not just stay at home order. Need daily briefings, early community based case finding, rapid testing, contact tracing, supported isolation and quarantines, travel restrictions and a Green Zone Exit strategy.
England lockdown: Need to add daily briefings, early community based case finding, rapid testing, contact tracing, supported isolation and quarantines, travel restrictions and a Green Zone Exit strategy.
Similarly, the new variant has been identified in NY as the state experiences uncontrolled community spread. The case was identified in a man in his 60s in Saratoga County who had no recent travel history.
India continues to see progress in reducing both daily cases and deaths. They authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday.
Several regions are seeing very low case rates. See more on India’s states and union territories here: endcoronavirus.org/india-states-ut
Israel continues to report rising cases and deaths, as their Health Minister suggests stronger measures: “there is no avoiding a full-blown lockdown, including closing schools.”
Israel is currently leading the global race to vaccinate their population.
As the UK sees a new high in daily cases, and rapidly rising daily death tolls, Boris Johnson signals 'tougher' measures are ahead for the UK as coronavirus variant spreads.
Kenya is rapidly improving in cases and deaths, down to 7 day average of 133 cases per day, ⅛ of peak at 1,108 on Nov 12. Rate of decrease is accelerating! Joins our “Nearly There” category. Keep it up!
Turkey becomes the 33rd country to have identified cases of the more transmissible “UK variant”. Their Health Minister said they have identified 15 cases, which were all imported and quarantined travelers from the UK.
Florida becomes the third state in the US to identify the new variant, after California and Colorado. The variant was identified in a man with no travel history.
Florida reported 17,192 cases yesterday, their second highest.
South Africa becomes the 18th country to surpass 1 million total cases. After three months of low case rates between Sept. and Nov., infections are now accelerating.
Canada reported a new high of 10,141 cases yesterday, after two days of low figures due to holidays. 6,793 of the total cases come from Quebec, which is an aggregated number for the past three days.
The UK reports a new high of 41,385 cases. There are 20,426 patients currently hospitalized in the UK.
"A fifth of people still have coronavirus symptoms five weeks after being infected, with half of them continuing to experience problems for at least 12 weeks, official data suggests, as concerns grow about the scale and impact of “long Covid”.
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"The study also reveals those admitted to hospital with Covid have higher risk of..cardiovascular events – such as stroke or heart attack, diabetes, kidney disease and liver disease, than matched controls with similar demographics and pre-existing conditions.
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