Posted on 04/15/2020 2:51:53 PM PDT by RaceBannon
New Thread, starting 4/15/2020
S Korea
Coronavirus Outbreak: South Korea reports 22 new cases, bringing tally to 10,613; country has seen 229 deaths so far
https://www.firstpost.com/health/coronavirus-outbreak-south-korea-reports-22-new-cases-bringing-tally-to-10613-country-has-seen-229-deaths-so-far-8265391.html
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SINGAPORE
Singapore reports 447 new cases in biggest daily jump, total 3,699
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404 of the new cases were linked to migrant workers’ dormitories.
While Singapore won global plaudits for its handling of the coronavirus, the disease has spread rapidly within its large migrant worker community, highlighting what rights groups say is a weak link in the city state’s containment efforts.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-idUKKCN21X28K
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JAPAN
The 712 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship brings the total to 9,717.
Four more deaths were confirmed on Thursday, bringing the number of fatalities to 195, including 13 from the ship.
Tokyo tops the list of prefectures with the most infections at 2,595. Osaka is second with 968, followed by Kanagawa with 649, Chiba with 551, Saitama with 519, Hyogo with 453 and Fukuoka with 436.
Health ministry officials say ******173 people were in serious condition as of Wednesday, including five from the cruise ship.*****
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200416_37/
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SPAIN
Spain sees another rise in coronavirus cases with 5,183 new infections as PM promises to boost testing to more than 20,000 a day
The 5,183 new cases are up from yesterday’s 5,092 and the highest for a week
They bring the total number of infections in Spain from 177,633 to 182,816
Meanwhile there were 551 new deaths, taking the toll from 18,579 to 19,130
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Pointing out an important note in the update above... there are still people in serious condition in Japan from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. How long has it been since the people disembarked the cruise ship? A month?
CANADA
COVID-19 cases confirmed at 3 Alberta meat-packing plants
Cases have been reported at Cargill, JBS and Harmony — which produce most of Canada’s beef
Sarah Rieger · CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2020 5:41 PM MT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago
COVID-19 cases have been confirmed at three Alberta meat-packing plants and the union representing workers is asking companies to proactively shut down
Cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at a third Alberta meat-packing plant, according to the union that represents those workers.
United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union local 401 president Thomas Hesse said three cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the JBS plant in Brooks, Alta.
At the Cargill plant in High River, there are 38 COVID-19 cases, and in March one worker at Harmony Beef in Balzac tested positive.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/meat-packing-covid-1.5533574?cmp=rss
FL
Nearly 30 Patients, Workers Test Positive for COVID-19 at Florida Nursing Home
Other residents at the Freedom Square Seminole Nursing Pavilion will be tested and the facility is being cleaned
By Associated Press • Published 31 mins ago • Updated 31 mins ago
About 30 patients and staff members at a Tampa Bay area nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus and some patients have been taken to three hospitals for treatment, officials said.
Other residents at the Freedom Square Seminole Nursing Pavilion will be tested and the facility is being cleaned, Pinellas County Assistant Administrator Lourdes Benedict told the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday.
Statewide, there are 1,332 cases in Florida long-term care facilities, according to the latest state data released Wednesday.
Why are some South Koreans who recovered from the coronavirus testing positive again?
SANGMI CHA
SEOUL
REUTERS
PUBLISHED 9 MINUTES AGO
UPDATED APRIL 16, 2020
KIM DO-HOON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
South Korean health officials are investigating several possible explanations for a small but growing number of recovered coronavirus patients who later test positive for the virus again.
Among the main possibilities are re-infection, a relapse, or inconsistent tests, experts say.
South Korea had reported 141 such cases as of Thursday, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC)...
At least 5,670 people living in long-term care facilities have died from the coronavirus across the U.S., according to state health data reviewed by NBC News.
Why it matters (comment-why do they have to ask why this matters?) The CDC warns that older people and those with other health complications face a higher risk of dying from the virus, amplifying its effect within such facilities — where around 2.5 million Americans live.
At least 3,466 facilities in 39 states have so far reported coronavirus infections.
https://www.axios.com/nursing-homes-coronavirus-deaths-eefb5667-8d06-4d0a-9ccb-ea6872cecebd.html
More than 2% of nursing home residents have died of the virus in New York, the state hit hardest by the virus
While you have been incarcerated in your homes, the federal government has flown in over 1000 special refugees from Afghanistan and distributed them around the US in a 4 week period from mid March to mid April.
NY
US - New York state: New Yorkers Ordered to Cover Faces in Public
Today, 06:48 AM
Governor Cuomo said that all New Yorkers must carry face coverings and wear them if they cannot stay six feet from others.
There’s a reason Trump is all over WHO’s butt. The lab/s were reported being sloppy a couple years ago. Why was nothing done back then?
You would be surprise how many closet smokers their are. A lot of people hide the fact they smoke because of smokers discriminations. Some companies will not hire smokers now.
Bingo!
Essential work crews are needed for new cabanas going up on either side of me and a third neighbor has gone through a half dozen crews just to repair his deck. Yeppers, so very essential. Not.
China and WHO’s charade isn’t going to last much longer.
Stay home. Stop going out for those non-essential milk/beer/Starbuck’s runs. No, you don’t need a new pair of shoes because no one at home (you are staying home?) cares you’re wearing shoes. No, you don’t need a new shade of nail polish from Walmart and you certainly don’t need to drag along your four kids. No, you don’t need to install new carpeting this week. No, you don’t need to load up the family and take their germs on vacation.
And livers.
But, hey, lets chalk them up as recovered, huh.
Of the 11,586 deaths in New York since the first mortality on March 14:
60% were men, 40% were women
84% of the deaths were age 60 and older
No matter the age, COVID-19 is a serous illness for many people with underlying chronic disease.
10,277 (89%) of those who died had at least one chronic disease, with the top three identified being:
Hypertension - 64%
Diabetes - 42%
Hyperlipidemia - 22%
- Source Data - see https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Fatalities?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n
n.b. - see this post regarding COVID-19 and chronic disease - http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3832668/posts?page=655#655
How about US owned companies operate in the US and the Chinese not buy companies on US soil.
Pelosi needs to trot herself back to Chinatown and party.
Two weeks after first testing positive for coronavirus,
@drsanjaygupta gets @ChrisCuomo to reveal a setback in his recovery, saying he was unable to make it 72 hours with showing signs of fever.
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And yet he evidently removed himself from quarantine.
“Hamptons bicyclist files police report after verbal confrontation with CNN’s Chris Cuomo: report”
Hamptons bicyclist files police report after verbal confrontation with CNN’s Chris Cuomo: report
Re: 153 - ?
Not sure why you sent this?
Personally, if I need stuff I can mostly order on-line. have not been in a grocery store in 5 weeks.
I do however, need a new pair of shoes, as we start our seasonal ornithology research in earnest on Saturday, so lots of walking!
Decreases prevotella population(s):
https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-019-1971-7
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