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13 Feb, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Yesterday Australia reported 5 locally acquired cases in Victoria, which was preceded by 6 cases from days before. All confirmed to be the more transmissible, more severe UK variant. Today (Tomorrow our time, Feb 13), just one new locally acquired case.

In response to the outbreak, the government of Victoria began a circuit-breaker lockdown which is scheduled to end on Feb 17.

Canada announces new travel restrictions, including more testing and hotel quarantines upon arrival (first part of 14 day mandatory quarantine).

Cases continue to fall. Yesterday 3,177 cases, 82 deaths. Progress in BC has slowed.

globalnews.ca/news/7637180/c…
We are concerned that an outbreak in Atlantic Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador, has grown rapidly in the past few days.

Cases in the past week:

Feb 5: 1
Feb 6: 3
Feb 7: 1
Feb 8: 11
Feb 9: 30
Feb 10: 53
Feb 11: 100

Cases in New Brunswick are decreasing.
Cases are near zero in Iceland (data on quarantines is not given), “the economy is thriving and life has pretty much returned to normal.” Gyms and bars are reopening, and national focus turns toward testing and quarantining travelers upon arrival.

france24.com/en/live-news/2…

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14 Feb
In Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador announces a provincial lockdown to contain their current outbreak of the UK variant B.1.1.7. Yesterday, they reported 50 new cases. Today, 26.

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Globally, daily cases continue to fall. Yesterday 408,487 cases were reported, nearly ½ of peak. One reason: Stronger lockdowns in the face of the new variants are having significant impact.

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12 Feb
Yesterday Israel reported 6,010 new cases and 41 deaths. Despite leading the world in vaccine doses per person, progress toward zero is slow.

90% of people older than 60 are now vaccinated with one dose, 80% have received two doses.

Switzerland reports progress, with cases now less than ⅕ of peak. Enough to move them into our “nearly there” category on EndCoronavirus.org/countries

Congratulations!
Denmark reported 470 cases and 11 deaths yesterday. Despite progress, cases of the more transmissible and more severe UK variant are likely still growing. We are hoping they gain control if it too.

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11 Feb
Waiting for Biden

We’re waiting. Waiting for the leadership that will allow us to live our lives again.

We have been living with COVID for so long, it often feels like we have forgotten how to live without it.

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Imagine hugging friends again, traveling freely, starting large bar tabs, dancing, going to the theatre and to concerts. Imagine all schools, universities, family events, and sports games happening without restrictions.

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Despite the fact that most of the world’s best scientists today are working in America, despite the fact that America has produced most of the vaccines for COVID-19 so far, despite that, a long period of risk, restrictions, and uncertainty stretches before us across 2021.

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11 Feb
Laos reports continued success in their Zero Covid strategy, with a total of 45 cases since the beginning of the pandemic and only one case in the last two weeks.

Part of their success is due to having strict travel restrictions, with 14-day quarantines upon arrival.
Yesterday Djibouti reported 9 new cases, 0 deaths, and 361 tests. They have reported ~6k cases and 63 total covid deaths to date, with only 2 deaths since the start of this year.

reliefweb.int/sites/reliefwe…
Many states are reporting significant progress in US. Daily cases and hospitalizations are extremely high, but falling quickly. Deaths are relatively constant at 3,000 per day.

See more: endcoronavirus.org/states
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9 Feb
Open Letter on behalf of the Edmonton Independent Hospitality Community

"We are calling on all levels of government to adopt a Covid Zero plan. This will stop the cycle of bleed & bandage, and focus on a long term solution for real economic recovery.

#ZeroCovid #CovidZero
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"Our goal is and always has been for hospitality operators to get back to a point where we can meaningfully contribute to rebuilding the economy.

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"Adopting a Covid Zero strategy has worked to drastically reduce and in some cases eliminate Covid in other jurisdictions such as South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia and even here in the Atlantic provinces of Canada.

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9 Feb
Singapore continues to report effective control: today 20 imported quarantined cases and 2 community cases. No covid deaths since November 2020. Congrats!
Denmark has reported significant progress since December, cases are down by ~10X from peak.

However, progress in the last 10 days has come to a halt, with daily cases leveling off around 400.
New York State reports some progress, with new cases decreasing by over 30%, hospitalizations and deaths just starting to decrease.

Also, 9% of New Yorkers received at least one vaccine dose.
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