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Freelance journalist in the EU. Formerly News Director and Talk Show host @RadioNLNews, former journo @CKNW, and @CBCVancouver. Email: shanewoodford@hotmail.com
Nov 5, 2020 14 tweets 12 min read
#Denmark’s @Statsmin (PM) Mette Frederiksen is beginning a press conference about a mutation of the #coronavirus found in farmed mink leading to culling every mink in Denmark and severe restrictions for seven North Jutland municipalities #Denmark’s @Statsmin (PM) Mette Frederiksen says the restrictions limiting movement in seven municipalities and the culling of all farmed mink means tough times for families and the industry as a whole. #COVID19
Nov 5, 2020 4 tweets 6 min read
Due to skyrocketing #COVID19 numbers in #Sweden Foreign Affairs #Denmark is now advising against all unnecessary travel to the entire country. #Sverige #COVID19sverige #Denmark also advising against all unnecessary travel to #Norway due to #COVID19 infection numbers. Anyone coming back from #Oslo, #Vestland, and #Viken must quarantine upon return to #Danmark
Nov 5, 2020 4 tweets 7 min read
#Denmark is reporting 1,223 #COVID19 infections, its 2nd highest daily tally to date, and four #coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours. #COVID hospitalizations (182) are down (-2) ICU (24) and ventilator numbers (17) are unchanged. 65,062 corona tests administered yesterday. #Sweden has added 4,034 #COVID19 infections and suffered another five #coronavirus deaths. Total to date #COVID deaths in #Sverige now exceed 6,000 which is 8x more than #Denmark, 21x #Norway, 16x #Finland and four times more than DK, NO, and FI combined.
Nov 5, 2020 10 tweets 20 min read
Final #coronavirus numbers for Nov 4th. #COVID19 claimed 9,067 lives around the world yesterday. That is the highest daily global virus death toll ever in the pandemic. The world also added 571,314 new #COVID infections the 2nd highest daily number of infections yet. Yesterday the #USA shattered its previous record high number of daily #COVID19 infections with 108,389, the 2nd time ever the U.S. exceeded 100,000 daily #coronavirus infections and it remains the only country in the world ever to do so. #Trump
Nov 4, 2020 4 tweets 6 min read
#Denmark is reporting 936 #COVID19 infections & 1 #coronavirus death in the last 24 hours. Total to date #COVID infections now exceed 50,000. Hospital numbers (184) are up (+15) ICU (24) is also up (+2) and ventilator numbers (17) are up a well (+3). 54,876 tests done yesterday #Sweden has added 3,198 #COVID19 infections and suffered another 28 #coronavirus deaths since yesterday’s update.
Nov 4, 2020 9 tweets 17 min read
Final #coronavirus numbers for Nov 3rd. The world added 484,509 #COVID19 infections while 8,201 #coronavirus deaths were reported worldwide, which is the 3rd highest number of daily global #COVID deaths of any day yet. ImageImageImageImage While we await a result in #Elections2020 the #USA has recorded its 2nd highest number of #COVID19 infections yet yesterday while another 1,199 Americans lost their lives to the #coronavirus. #Trump ImageImageImageImage
Nov 3, 2020 6 tweets 10 min read
#Breaking #Sweden’s 2nd #COVID19 wave outbreak is getting much worse. It has reported 10,177 #coronavirus infections since Friday, almost double last weekend’s total, and 31 #COVID deaths. On Friday #Sverige had 4,062 infections the most by far of any day in the pandemic yet. ImageImageImage In #Denmark Health Minister @Heunicke says the #COVID19 reinfection rate (R0) is now 1.1 down from 1.2. The R0 number measures infection spread with anything over 1 being degrees of a #coronavirus outbreak.
Nov 3, 2020 9 tweets 15 min read
Final #coronavirus numbers for Nov 2nd. The world added 472,997 #COVID19 infections while losing another 5,712 lives to #COVID around the world. In both cases very high numbers for a Monday...not a good sign for the week to come. ImageImageImage The #USA registered 88,905 new #COVID19 infections yesterday, a very high number for a Monday and a grim sign for the week to come. Yesterday another 522 Americans died from #COVID. ImageImageImageImage
Sep 28, 2020 24 tweets 11 min read
I have been asked by @TalkerTeacher to do a #bced #thread on going to school in #Denmark during the age of #COVID19. I have done this before but it was suggested it would be good to go over it again and cover off anything new. I will begin by setting the stage. First off B.C. and #Denmark can’t be compared in an apples to apples way. There are some drastic differences both societally, Denmark is a social welfare state, and how the school system itself is structured. Let’s start there. #bced
Sep 28, 2020 5 tweets 6 min read
#Denmark is reporting 435 new #COVID19 infection cases in the last 24 hours. Since Friday’s update there have been 1,478 new #coronavirus cases (619 on Saturday, 424 Sunday, and today’s numbers). While there were no #COVID deaths in today’s update there were two over the wknd. The number of #COVID19 infected Danes in hospital (110) is up since Friday (+9) while those in ICU (17) is up (+1) those on a ventilator (11) have also edged up (+2). Yesterday there were 49,143 #coronavirus administered in #Denmark.
Sep 27, 2020 9 tweets 14 min read
Final #coronavirus numbers for Sept 26th. The world added 294,650 new #COVID19 infection cases yesterday while losing 5,306 more lives to the virus. Today total to date global #COVID deaths will surpass 1,000,000. Yesterday #India recorded 89,010 new #COVID19 infection cases while suffering another 1,124 #coronavirus deaths. So far numbers in India continue to slowly ease off albeit from insane heights.
Sep 26, 2020 6 tweets 10 min read
Final #coronavirus numbers for Sept 25th. The world added 317,952 new #COVID19 infection cases yesterday, the 2nd highest daily total to date, while losing 5,818 lives to #COVID. Total to date global deaths now surpass 990,000 and could pass 1,000,000 by Sunday or Monday. ImageImageImage #India registered 85,468 new #COVID19 infection cases yesterday while losing 1,093 lives to the #coronavirus. India’s numbers while still sky high continue to slowly edge down. ImageImageImage
Sep 25, 2020 5 tweets 4 min read
#Denmark’s Health Minister @Heunicke has begun a press conference to address the #COVID19 situation as #Danmark records its highest to date number of new #coronavirus infections Danish Health Minister @Heunicke says #COVID19 infections are continuing to spread the most among people aged 20-29yo. He says current #coronavirus restrictions now extended to Oct 18th.
Sep 25, 2020 5 tweets 4 min read
If you missed here is my chat with @simisara980 on @CKNW about a rising wave of #COVID19 infections sweeping across #Europe again and why it is happening, what is going on in #Denmark, and my DK vs BC #coronavirus testing concerns.

soundcloud.com/shane-woodford… On my concerns with #COVID19 testing in B.C. especially on not testing people without symptoms heed this quote..

“The real problem of the epidemic are the cases with no symptoms, if you do not intercept these, you do not come out of it.” #Italy Microbiology Prof Andrea Crisanti
Sep 25, 2020 5 tweets 8 min read
#Denmark has just recorded its highest to date number of daily #COVID19 infection cases, and first day ever with over 600, with 678 new infections in the last 24 hours. #Danmark is also reporting two more #coronavirus deaths. ImageImageImage As for #COVID19 infected Danes in hospital (101) the number continues to climb (+6). Worth noting until today #Denmark has not had in excess of 100 #coronavirus hospitalizations since the end of May. The number in ICU (16) is also up (+2) as are ventilator (9) numbers (+4) Image
Sep 25, 2020 8 tweets 12 min read
Final #coronavirus numbers for Sept 24th. The world added 314,830 new #COVID19 infections cases, very high, while losing 5,872 lives to the virus. Today the world will pass 990,000 total to date #COVID deaths setting the stage to surpass 1,000,000 by the middle of next week ImageImageImage #India recorded 85,919 new #COVID19 infection cases while losing another 1,144 lives to the #coronavirus. Daily infection case numbers, while still insanely high, seem to be slowly easing. ImageImageImage
Sep 24, 2020 7 tweets 9 min read
#Germany has imposed a mandatory 14 day quarantine on anyone from #Denmark’s capital region, #Copenhagen and surrounding metro area, traveling into Germany. #COVID19 #Denmark is advising against all unnecessary travel to #Iceland as it now exceeds #COVID19 infection criteria. Entry restrictions/quarantine rules now apply for incoming travelers from there.
Sep 24, 2020 4 tweets 7 min read
#Denmark is reporting 559 new #COVID19 infection cases, 2nd highest daily number yet, & 2 more #coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours. Yesterday 53,885 #COVID tests were administered. The number of infected Danes in hospital (95) has jumped (+17) ICU numbers (14) dipped (-1) ImageImageImageImage #Sweden has added 533 new #COVID19 infection cases and suffered two more #coronavirus deaths since its last update yesterday afternoon. That is a marked increase in daily infections. #Sverige #COVID19sverige ImageImageImageImage
Sep 24, 2020 9 tweets 13 min read
Final #coronavirus numbers for Sept 23rd. Yesterday global numbers surged. The world added 315,717 new #COVID19 infection cases, the 2nd highest daily total yet, while losing 6,333 lives to the #coronavirus. Total to date global deaths now exceed 980,000. ImageImageImageImage Yesterday #India added 89,688 new #COVID19 infection cases while losing another 1,152 lives to the #coronavirus as it continues to lead all countries in daily infections and virus deaths. ImageImageImage
Sep 23, 2020 4 tweets 6 min read
Not good. #Denmark is reporting 558 new #COVID19 infections & two deaths in the last 24 hours. 57,707 #COVID tests were also administered yesterday. The number of #coronavirus infected Danes in hospital (78) is down (-1) those in ICU (15) is up (+1) on a ventilator (5) no change ImageImageImage #Sweden has added 320 new #COVID19 infection cases and suffered six more #coronavirus deaths since its last update yesterday afternoon. #Sverige #COVID19sverige ImageImageImage
Sep 23, 2020 9 tweets 12 min read
Final #coronavirus numbers for Sept 22nd. The world added 276,367 new #COVID19 infection cases yesterday while losing another 5,721 lives to the virus. Yesterday total to date global deaths shot past 970,000 and today could surpass 980,000 as the Tuesday surge arrived. ImageImageImageImage #India added 80,391 new #COVID19 infections yesterday while losing another 1,056 lives to the #coronavirus. Total to date deaths in India now exceed 90,000. ImageImageImage