First reinfection death in Brazil. The 39 year old male was first infected with #P1 variant. Then 3 months later, infected with other 🇧🇷-origin #P2 variant. Patient died 8 days after reinfection found, in wealthiest/healthiest state of Rio Grande do Sul.🧵 assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-43553…
2) The sad thing was, both his brother and father had #COVID19 too. “He also visited his father at the hospital in a room shared with other COVID-19 diagnosed patients”.
3) “The second infection evolved with complications, and the patient was removed to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and intubated due to severe loss of pulmonary capacity. The patient unfortunately died on March 19th, 2021.”
4) Currently at 72 confirmed reinfection cases (3 deaths) worldwide and 34,407 suspected cases (38 deaths), according to @BNODesk’s ongoing reinfection tracker.
📍3x KIDS DEATHS—An alarmingly high number of babies & children are dying of #COVID19 in Brazil 🇧🇷. While government data from Brazil suggest >800 children under age 9 have died of Covid—expert estimates that the death toll is nearly **3 times higher**. 🧵 nbcnews.com/news/latino/br…
2) experts say the real death toll is higher because cases are underreported because of a lack of widespread coronavirus testing, according to the BBC.
3) Dr. Fatima Marinho of the University of São Paolo, a leading epidemiologist estimated that the virus has killed 2,060 children under 9, including 1,302 babies.
~SIX TIMES HIGHER IN KIDS—An asymptomatic school study of #COVID19 cases found that infection rates in Omaha Nebraska schools were 2.5x higher for staff and **nearly 6x higher for students** than reported through routine self-initiated tests. 🧵 abcnews.go.com/Health/study-s…
2) “The program also found nearly 10 times the cases per population than what was observed through testing in the surrounding county. The study didn’t review origin, just that teachers and students with COVID-19 that was not previously identified because of limited testing”
3) “The results show "as many as nine in 10 student COVID-19 cases and seven in 10 staff cases might be missed by conventional reporting," Dr. Jana Broadhurst, a corresponding author in the study and an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.”
⚠️OXYGEN SUPPLY COLLAPSE in mere hours—Delhi government reports the current oxygen supply in Delhi hospitals. All <=24 hours oxygen supply. Most under half a day.
2) Some hospitals down to just mere minutes of oxygen left. Indian states now fighting each other refusing to send oxygen supplies to other states. indianexpress.com/article/india/…
3) my god... I could stop crying earlier when I watched this. But don’t look away. Please watch this. And tell your friends to vaccinate damnit!!!
BREAKING—U.S. State Department has added at least 116 countries this week to its “Level Four: Do Not Travel” advisory list, putting the UK, Canada, France, Israel, Mexico, Germany and others on the list, citing a “very high level of #COVID19.” 🧵 reuters.com/world/us/us-ad…
2) On Monday, the State Department said it would boost the number of countries receiving its highest advisory rating to about 80% of countries worldwide.
Before Tuesday, the State Department listed 34 out of about 200 countries as "Do Not Travel."
3) Other countries in the "Do Not Travel" list include Finland, Egypt, Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. Some countries like China and Japan remain at Level 3: Reconsider Travel."
I cry for the India 🇮🇳. Brutal epidemic ravaging the country, and hospitals are completely overwhelmed. A staggering 300,000 cases—and possibly 10x underdiagnosis means maybe ~3 million actual cases a day. #COVID19
2) FT thinks underdiagnosis is 10x in India. But some think it’s even higher...