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tezla7 · 3 years ago

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UK Herd Immunity Covid Strategy

It’s been said by many experts and it generally fits the facts that the UK has and continues to follow a Covid herd immunity strategy. Having had the second worst covid death toll in Europe after Russia (a country with twice the UK population) the UK has also had one of the world’s longest Covid lockdowns leading to one of the worst hits to an economy in the developed world.

UK citizens have seen catastrophic failures repeated, over and over again. UK Government has spent £37 billion on a corporate giveaway Serco Covid-19 track and trace system that has never worked, was refinanced after complete failure and continues to be completely ineffective. That cost is twice that of Crossrail, one of the largest construction projects in Europe.

UK policy is paying no attention to morbidity and only to deaths. There are estimates there could be 2 million in the UK with long covid. Many of those may never fully recover.

With that as the most brief of background, in July we are awaiting the end of our quasi lockdown here in the UK at the same time we are well into an exponential rise in Covid cases:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/

What has the UK government response been to the expected end of UK lockdown? Plans to end mandatory mask wearing as well as ending the lockdown. That the situation looks “very positive”. Meanwhile the WHO has stated the new Delta and Delta Plus variants threaten everyone.

This is all set in the global context of a pandemic in which we have a cheap, safe and highly effective global treatment solution to end Covid-19 that nobody is allowed to even mention or discuss. That drug is ivermectin: https://ivmstatus.com/

https://bird-group.org/joint-statement-urging-indonesia-to-use-ivermectin/

https://trialsitenews.com/ivermectin-authorized-in-indonesia-as-pharma-issued-license-for-production-to-battle-covid-19/

There are far more difficult places in the world to be than the UK right now. Brazil is one example where covid deaths and case rates have been consistent and relentless in keeping with their psychopathic leader Jair Bolsonaro’s actions. Nevertheless, UK health, economy and society will deteriorate into the future. In thanks for their work saving people and risking their own lives this past year, NHS nurses were offered a 1% pay rise as BOE announced 2.1% inflation- leaving nurses with a 1% paycut. More are now leaving the profession. This after a 40,000 nurse shortage before Covid started, leaving the UK to most likely continue to aggressively poach desperately needed nurses from other countries. Neoliberal healthcare- invest nothing, outsource everything, pay all to private companies, millionaires and billionaires then await absolute catastrophe. When catastrophe arrives, rob the public blind to address the problem, then rob the public again to rebuild.

That was my attempt at a brief summary of our situation here. There is no way to simplify the situation effectively and I’m completely unmotivated to write on a blog that no-one reads suffice to say- the UK is a cautionary tale.

#uk health #uk #healthcare #uk covid #ivermectin #uk gov #boris johnson

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dxmedstudent · 5 years ago

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Exponential graphs are exponential.

I’m getting a bit tired of how coronavirus deaths are reported, already. “Biggest rise in deaths, yet” cry the newspapers. Yet this is exactly what we’d expect. As the number of cases spreads exponentally, yes, there will be a large rise in the number of deaths, to match. And that number will keep going up by a lot each day unless we have done something drastic to stop spead and therefore decrease the number of new cases. This isn’t surprising. It isn’t even news - this is precisely what we are expecting to see. And this is why those of us in healthcare were so angry and scared when the government weren’t doing anything much to curb people a few weeks ago - because we knew this was how it would go. I am sad, but I am not remotely surprised by what we’re seeing right now. This also means that the number of young people dying will increase. Sure, even if the risk is a fraction of a percent for your average 20 or-30 something, if enough of us catch it, some of us will die. This is scary and sad, but it is not unexpected, and the papers need to bear that in mind. The more people that get the illness, the more tragic deaths of young people with no comorbidities - even though they are at very low risk. Because low risk does not mean no risk.

This extends to key workers. We are starting to see doctors die, and I know we will soon lose more colleagues as the crisis gets worse. Many of our peers are in the 40+ age range and at therefore significant risk. This will happen - it is almost inevitable. I am saddened and angry that this is how it will turn out, but I am not surprised when I hear that a doctor or nurse etc has died - because we know the mortality rate in that age range is significant. That means we will lose colleagues we know and love and respect. And given how many young doctors and nurses we know, we’ll be losing young colleagues too. Statistics don’t lie, and statistically I’ll know young docs and nurses who don’t come out of this alive. I’ve seen reports that 1/4 of UK doctors are self-isolating right now - and in my eyes that’s a direct result of relaxed PPE guidelines, and lack of testing for key workers. In fact, lack of testing overall - if we did what the WHO recommened and tested everyone with symptoms, we’d probably catch more cases and isolate more effectively - and could then isolate their contacts to stop spread. I want to be tested for immunity (or if I even have coronavirus) - because if I have, and if I am, I could be indispensable on the wards when I stop feeling crappy and can go back. There’s also going to be around a 14 day lag after any intervention. So we won’t see the results of the UK wide lockdown for another week at least. Right now, UK cases are rising exponentially because 2 weeks ago the UK government was doing very little to discourage people from mixing - pubs and bars were still open, many people were flaunting social distancing, nearly all people were still going to work on public transport. Everyone was still flying in and out of he country like normal. We weren’t isolating contacts of people who were self-isolating. Remember that this isn’t because the most recent interventions didn’t work, it’s because the interventions 2 weeks ago weren’t stringent.

So when you look at the news, remember that this is no different than what we are expecting. What matters is whether our mortality rates are higher or lower than other countries - i.e what are we doing to treat people as well as possible and reduce deaths as much as possible? This is what matters. When the media focuses on individual cases, or just reports “more deaths than before”, it ends up scaremongering, because it implies that this is unexpected or worse than expected - whereas they really need to be clear whether that is the case. Because we don’t need people to be terrified, we need people to understand the importance of what we can do to reduce transmission, and what the healthcare system needs to be able to manage as best as it can.

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my-clinical-blog · 3 years ago

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Four COVID-19 Restrictions In Response To Omicron Cases In UK

Boris Johnson will receive a comprehensive briefing on Monday about how Omicron cases, hospital admissions, and deaths have changed since Christmas Eve, following a two-day break in the release of coronavirus statistics.

He'll be searching for signs that updates on Omicron cases have peaked in London, the epicentre of the variant's wave, and that daily hospital admissions in the city have reached 400 on Christmas Eve – up from 386 on the most recent update on December 22.

Mr Johnson will then use this information, along with the advice of his senior scientific advisers Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, to decide if new limitations should be imposed in England to combat the Omicron type, with an announcement due on Tuesday.

Follow Plan B

If Monday's data dump paints a positive picture of the Omicron wave, this is the most likely scenario. It could indicate that the trend is beginning to level out following several days before Christmas when UK cases were in the six digits. Prof Whitty predicted last week that, like South Africa, the UK would see a shorter, sharper rise in cases than Delta.

That peak may have already been reached in London, the leading edge of the Omicron wave and hence a sign of where the rest of the country is headed. With hundreds of thousands of people estimated to be self-isolating due to testing positive, many people's decision to conduct lateral flow tests before seeing family over Christmas will have helped suppress cases.

Under Plan B, the New Year will be celebrated in England as usual. Several Cabinet ministers and Conservative backbenchers will be pleased, but experts who are concerned about hospital demand in January will be concerned.

Full Lockdown

This is the least likely situation, and it would only be considered if cases began to climb exponentially again after a brief plateau owing to so many people testing and isolating before Christmas, and hospitals were unable to cope.

Just in case, the option is still available. Except for essential shopping, everyone would be ordered to stay at home, and all hospitality and retail businesses would close. Schools will be the last sector to close, according to the administration, so they should remain open even if the country is in lockdown.

The lockdown would last until early February when the high volume of hospital patients had reduced.

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rajyog7493 · 3 years ago

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What Impacted COVID-19 on Knee Cartilage Repair ?

Impact of COVID-19 on Knee Cartilage Repair in Healthcare Industry

The novel coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic had significantly impacted almost all industries across the globe. This pandemic has resulted in mass production shutdowns and supply chain disruptions, which has also affected the economy.

The lockdown of countries lead to decreased number of knee cartilage repair surgeries as they are non-essential in comparison with the emergent services required by people affected with COVID-19. According to the weekly epidemiological report of 27th September 2020 by World Health Organization (WHO) stated 32.7 million cases of corona has been reported globally, and 991,000 patients are dead due to the coronavirus. However, 6,720,771 cases are reported in South-East Asia only, and 110,711 people died due to coronavirus. Moreover, 600,891 cases are reported in Western Pacific and 13,129 people died due to coronavirus. The implications of COVID-19 having considerable influence on the knee cartilage repair market are now starting to be felt. Various factors which have indirect influence on the decline in medical aesthetics procedures along with the decline in the adoption of knee cartilage repair include flight cancellations, travel bans, mass quarantine along with growing panic among the population, and uncertainty about future.

The COVID-19 for a longer period has adversely affected the most vulnerable groups of population, including geriatric, mothers, and children. Globally, countries are expecting drastic decline in dietary quality in low- and middle-income countries as a result of loss of income, shutdown of businesses, human and goods movement restrictions imposed by governments, de-globalization, and breakdown of food markets due to both demand shocks and supply constraints. This disease has a variable impact in different countries depending on their cultural norms, mitigation efforts, and health infrastructure, and each country is working its way out to fight against the pandemic.

The COVID-19 outbreak will impact the knee cartilage repair market in the initial phase of the forecast period. Due to nationwide lockdowns, denied orthopedic services, and cancelled or postponed elective surgeries, the knee cartilage repair market is expected to decline during the initial phase of the forecasted period. However, during the latter half of the forecast period, the demand for knee cartilage repair products is expected to rise drastically.

Impact on Demand

Elective surgeries are being denied (canceled/postponed) to reserve or redirect the available limited capacities and resources (like hospital beds and patient care professionals) towards COVID-19 patient care. Moreover, various countries have enforced lockdowns and curfews to curb the rising number of positive COVID-19 cases. The lockdowns, has affected the demand for knee cartilage repair surgeries during 2020; however, this demand is expected to rise exponentially in the latter half of the forecasted period. Due to lockdowns in Q1 and Q2 of 2020, the number of elective surgeries performed significantly reduced. This has dramatically reduced the sales of knee cartilage repair products in Q1 and Q2 of 2020. On average, the growth rate declined by 20−30% in the last six months.

The key players are heavily investing in projects related to knee cartilage repair during these crises. These all factors are predicted to boost the market growth during the COVID-19 pandemic

For instances,

· In June 2021 DJO, LLC Acquired Mathys AG Bettlach, a Switzerland-based company that develops and distributes innovative products for artificial joint replacement

· In April 2021, Stryker has partnered with Minor League Baseball and became the Official SmartRobotics Joint Replacement Partner. Stryker has launched the latest innovation in joint replacement technology, Mako SmartRobotics which uses a 3D CT-Based planning software for hip and knee replacement. It helps the surgeons to create a 3D image of each patient’s unique anatomy

· In March 2021, DJO, LLC made investment in Insight Medical Systems (“Insight”), a technology company dedicated to wearable surgical navigation in orthopedics. For Next-Generation Augmented Reality Technology

· In March 2021, Smith-Nephew and Huma The digital technology has developed a remote patient monitoring app for orthopaedic surgery. Due to COVID-19, the UK surgeries are running at 50% of usual capacity, due to which there are about 250000 patients on waiting lists for orthopaedic operations. In order to restart the safe surgery, the company along with Huma as developed a way for surgeons to prepare their patients in a better way through remote patient monitoring by app

· In May 2020, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd. announced the completion of administration of all subject in the phase 1 clinical study of intra-articular injectable knee osteoarthritis cell therapy product, which is being developed as second-generation stem cell therapy product for knee osteoarthritis

Impact on Supply

The COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted the supply chains for the entire manufacturing sector. According to the Institute for Supply Chain Management, 75% of the companies reported the disruptions in the supply chain due to restrictions in the transportation by the coronavirus. Also, 50% of the companies reported the unexpected delays in receiving orders, a problem compounded by supply chain information blackout from the China.

The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 and its subsequent impact on restrictions on trade and movement of goods has resulted in the shutdown of vast portions of the global economy, resulting in disrupted supply chains due to limited materials and workforce and slowdown or stopping of manufacturing. Moreover, several medical equipment manufacturing companies are retooling for priority manufacturing to produce other essential medical supplies and equipment such as ventilators.

The trade restrictions have left no choice but making domestic manufacturing of essential medical devices a necessity. During the pandemic, as the demand increases, counterfeiting and price gouging of imported goods increase.

The COVID-19 situation has led to disrupted supply chains for knee cartilage repair market. The shortage of the instruments used in the surgery, along with no access to healthcare facilities where these surgeries could be done, leads to decreased availability of such procedures. This means that the supply of knee cartilage repair surgeries is limited in situations where their demand is high.

Impact on Price

Due to the pandemic, there is delay associated with various types of limitations faced by the manufacturers to fulfill the end product order, which has resulted in the less availability of products in the market and due to which the cost of available products has increased with the several factors. Also, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak, manufacturers are forced to find new contract manufacturers and suppliers for move manufacturing activities to different or unique facilities locations that are less impacted by outbreaks.

The current COVID-19 episode has influenced essentially every industry, and knee cartilage repair is no exemption. There has been a tremendous and sudden lessening in the volume knee cartilage repair surgeries worldwide as wellbeing situation legitimately organize their COVID-19 reaction.

In current situations, the manufactures of knee cartilage repair products are facing difficulties with existing component suppliers or contracts, manufacturers which are at risk or closed or not being able to fulfill supply requirements due to challenges such as extended periods of shut down or workforce are responsible for price fluctuation of knee cartilage repair products.

Strategic Decisions of Government and Manufacturers

During this time of crisis, Considering recent announcements from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as well as local government agencies, several key players of knee cartilage repair market across the globe are making changes in their policies for their employees.

· In March 2020, ISTO Technologies Inc. announced that all Isto employees have been encouraged to work from home for the foreseeable future should their specific role allow it. We will continue to follow the guidelines of local, state, and federal governments to ensure we are doing our part in slowing the spread of COVID-19

· In 2020, Smith+Nephew done partnership with Tharsus to improve workplace safety and use anonymous employee data to inform effective social-distancing

· In 2020, Stryker team at medical division came together to develop a low-cost, readily available bed to ship to hospitals quickly, as caregivers faced the unprecedented need for additional equipment on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. Also, donated more than 22,500 Emergency Relief Bed Kits to Project C.U.R.E

Conclusion

The desire of the patients for the knee cartilage repair treatment is strong but the practice must gain the trust and loyalty to offset the economic concerns after the COVID-19 situation. Each market is presented with individual barriers but to gain back the normality, those barriers are needed to be overcome. Along with the barriers, many opportunities will come with challenges which will aid in surging the market again. The decline in the demand for surgery is seen in order to minimize the spread of the virus and to use the resources preferentially for emergent procedures. Moreover, the government imposed lockdown in various countries across globe, further added to the burden of decline in the demand for the surgery.

Concerns directly linked to COVID-19 such as personal touch, social distancing problems, or PPE concerns were recorded by 51 percent of patients with income conditions and affordability closely behind among 44 percent. Promotions and deals are one potential strategy to re-engage selected patients. Finance is a barrier to entry, with respondents concerned about potential economic changes affecting their previous routines. However, considering the use of payment plans, concerns related to intimate contact, social distancing, or PPE concerns related to income situation and affordability for cleaning protocols grouped treatment options or “bolt-on” style treatment deals, coupled with new safety measures may help patients feel comfortable, reassured and confident to return to aesthetic treatments as knee cartilage repair.

Although COVID-19 continues to raise obstacles for the sector, clinics and clinicians should adopt the lessons to ensure stable, reliable, and secure procedures and continuing correspondence to help inform patients and promote a timely return to care once clinics are re-opened.

The growth is mainly due to the companies resuming their operations and adapting to the new normal while recovering from the COVID-19 impact, which had earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working, and the closure of commercial activities that resulted in operational challenges.

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mangeshp7793 · 3 years ago

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How COVID-19 Impacted on Knee Cartilage Repair in Healthcare Industry ?

COVID-19 Impact on Knee Cartilage Repair in Healthcare Industry

Impact on Demand

The key players are heavily investing in projects related to knee cartilage repair during these crises. These all factors are predicted to boost the market growth during the COVID-19 pandemic

For instances,

· In June 2021 DJO, LLC Acquired Mathys AG Bettlach, a Switzerland-based company that develops and distributes innovative products for artificial joint replacement

Impact on Supply

Impact on Price

Strategic Decisions of Government and Manufacturers

· In 2020, Smith+Nephew done partnership with Tharsus to improve workplace safety and use anonymous employee data to inform effective social-distancing

Conclusion

#Knee Cartilage Repair Market #Knee Cartilage Repair Market Analysis #Knee Cartilage Repair Market Size #Knee Cartilage Repair Market Forcast

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bangkokjacknews · 3 years ago

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It's now called 'CAUTIOUS CUDDLING' in this mad new world

PEOPLE in England are looking forward to hugging loved ones, dining inside restaurants and fleeing the UK for their overseas holiday.

But when Boris Johnson urged Brits to indulge in "cautious cuddles", the baffled Huffington Post admonished, "for hug's sake, it sounds like a mid-noughties indie band!" When will hugging be allowed? "Cautious" hugs are officially back on from May 17, with the Prime Minister leaving it up to Brits to decide if they want to embrace family and friends. Mr Johnson said current data indicated it might also be possible to scrap the "one-metre plus" social distancing rule. If so, this would greatly increase flexibility for businesses to increase capacity. Downing Street said in a statement: "People will be urged to remain cautious about the risks that come with close personal contact such as hugging, as we know this remains a direct way of transmitting the disease.” As part of the May 17 changes in England, people will be free to choose whether to stay two metres from family or friends, meaning they can once again hug and shake hands. Mr Johnson warned during his speech on May 10, 2021: "This doesn't mean that we can suddenly throw caution to the winds. "We all know that close contacts such as hugging is a direct way of transmitting this disease," .

The PM, Boris Johnson, is marching towards unlocking EnglandCredit: PA What are the risks? Those who have received at least one Covid jab will be less at risk, with people receiving two vaccinations the most protected. Officials have suggested that people consider getting tested for coronavirus before hugging. Brits are also advised to wear face masks or ensure a room is well ventilated before completely ditching social distancing measures. The Covid-19 alert level in the UK has been downgraded after a "consistent" fall in cases, hospital admissions and deaths. The four chief medical officers of the UK have said the threat level should be lowered from "level 4" to "level 3", thanks to the success of the jab programme and social distancing restrictions. This means that the epidemic is in general circulation, but transmission of the virus is no longer deemed to be high or rising exponentially.

The PM said: "I urge you to think about the vulnerability of your loved ones - whether they have had a vaccine, one or two doses, and whether there has been time for that vaccine to take effect. "Remember outdoors is always safer than indoors. And if you are meeting indoors, remember to open a window and let in the fresh air. "Keep getting tested regularly, even if you don’t have symptoms, so you don’t spread the virus without knowing it. "And whatever you decide, I must ask that you continue to follow social distancing when not with friends and family, including in workplaces, shops, pubs, restaurants and other settings. "We only have to look at the very sad situation in other countries to see the lethal potential of this virus, and we must continue to fight the spread of variants here in the UK. "While we have no evidence yet to believe these variants are completely vaccine resistant, we must remain vigilant. "So please remember hands, face, space and fresh air." What is a cautious cuddle and how should I hug others? Asked what "cautious cuddling" means, mental health minister Nadine Dorries told BBC Breakfast with a laugh: "I don't think you can cautiously cuddle." Concerned Sage scientists have warned that embraces should be kept to a minimum, and Brits should avoid face-to-face contact as much as they can to stay safe. Professor Cath Noakes, who sits on Sage, has urged caution ahead of the relaxation, saying that too much hugging could "perpetuate" the further spread of Covid. Gurch Randhawa, a public health expert at the University of Bedfordshire, spoke to ABC News in the US about the government's potentially confusing messages. He said: “It is no doubt tempting to relax social distancing, offer the glimmer of a much needed hug, and lift restrictions on international travel, but this could be a big mistake at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. “As a minimum, the government should be advising only those have received both vaccination doses to be hugging each other, and even, a short hug, with faces directed away from each other to minimise risk of Covid-19 transmission." What is a cautious cuddle? Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at UEA and an expert in infectious diseases, gave HuffPost UK these tips: - Hug people you live with: “If you live with someone or are in the same bubble then you have been able to hug them anyway, so don’t stop now and hug them however you and they want.” - No rampant hugging: “If you don’t need to hug each other, then don’t.” - Don't embrace everyone - Jabs aren't a 100% guarantee:“If both of you have been vaccinated then the risk of transmission is actually very low but not zero.” - 'Side hugging' is safer: Keep your faces away from each other so that you are "not re-breathing each other’s air". Can I hug my fully-vaccinated granny? If you want to embrace each other, you can from May 17 - but remember that some people are more vulnerable to Covid than others. Officials have suggested people should consider getting tested for coronavirus before hugging. They've also recommended we wear face masks or ensure a room is well ventilated before ditching social distancing measures. The PM set out a new approach to tackling the virus, giving people greater responsibility for their own choices on whether to observe social distancing with friends and family. Using our own personal judgement, from May 17 we are able to decide whether to hug our grannies - remembering that even if both sides are fully vaccinated, the risk from the coronavirus is not fully eliminated. Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) urged people to "act responsibly" when restrictions are lifted further. He told BBC Breakfast: "I think it's actually very important for our mental health and wellbeing that we can hug our loved ones, but to me the key message is, if and when this comes in, we need to remember that the pandemic hasn't gone away. "We are still a few steps away from normality, so it's really great that we can hug our loved ones, but what we need to remember is we need to be a little bit careful." He added: "The key thing for me is what we want to avoid is hospital admissions going up and people dying going up. "And if we can keep those out of the low levels they are, then hopefully this resumption of hugging can be done safely and we can proceed again to the June 21 relaxation."

It's been a long time between hugs for grandparents and grandkids during the pandemic Credit: Getty Dr David Nabarro, special envoy on Covid-19 for the World Health Organisation, urged Brits to maintain social distancing and keep using face masks. He said: "Please be really careful, maintain that physical distance of between one metre and two metres, especially indoors, and don't forget to wear your face masks because that really can give extra protection. "It's these simple things, but all done together that will really make the difference as to whether or not future spikes are huge or future spikes are small and easily contained." Professor in Medical Microbiology Sally Jane Cutler told Times Radio: "I think we have to be very conserved about who we choose to hug. "Personally I'm going to restrict my hugging to family members and not beyond." The Duchess of Cornwall, 73, has revealed she enjoyed “half a hug” with her grandchildren, despite this being forbidden until the official easing of restrictions from May 17. When asked if she had been able to do that more recently as Britain continues to reopen, Camilla replied: "I am doubly jabbed so we’ve had a sort of half a hug. “It has been so lovely just to be able to see them again and talk to them. “Telephones and machines and these Zooms are fine, but nothing is ever the same as being able to give somebody a good hug.” Are handshakes allowed? As part of the May 17, 2021, changes, people will be given the choice whether to remain two metres from family or friends, meaning they can once again hug and shake hands. In March 2020, after the coronavirus had established its terrifying presence in the UK, Mr Johnson declared that it would not stop him greeting people with a handshake. Days ahead of ending up in intensive care, battling Covid, the PM also said that he had shaken the hands of everyone at a hospital where infected patients were being treated. Read the full article

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differentnutpeace · 4 years ago

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CDC Says More Virulent British Strain Of Coronavirus Now Dominant In U.S.

A more easily spread coronavirus variant first identified in England last year has now become the dominant strain in the U.S., the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. หวย บอล เกมส์ คาสิโนออนไลน์

The variant, known as B.1.1.7, spread quickly across the United Kingdom and Ireland beginning last fall, with the more infectious version of the coronavirus thwarting restrictions and lockdowns that had earlier helped keep the original strain in check.

B.1.1.7 is "now the most common lineage circulating in the United States," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a White House media briefing on Wednesday.

The announcement comes as the number of cases — particularly among younger Americans — has been on the rise in the U.S., fueling fears that the nation may be facing yet another deadly surge.

Walensky said that the newer strain has been shown to be more transmissible among younger people and that new outbreaks in the U.S. have been linked to youth sports and day care centers.

She urged people not to let their guard down and to get vaccinated as soon as possible. She said that communities and states with high levels of transmission need to curtail or suspend sports activities for younger participants to contain the spread of the new strain. She also said large events in affected communities needed to be curtailed.

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"The virus still has a hold on us," she said. "We need to remain vigilant."

The CDC warned in January that B.1.1.7 would likely become the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 — in the U.S. by the end of March.

Based on evidence gathered in the U.K., "it was predicted that this SARS-CoV-2 variant would dominate the USA within a matter of weeks. The prediction was indeed correct, and confirms that the work done in the UK was excellent," Jeremy Luban, a biochemist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, said in an email to NPR.

Studies have suggested that the variant is about 50% more transmissible than the strain of the coronavirus first identified in China in December 2019.

Luban said that this could explain the sudden increase in cases in the United States.

"That being said, the more likely problem is that many states have opened up restaurants and other public indoor spaces, places where transmission rates are highest," he said.

The fact that the B.1.1.7 strain is more easily spread gives it the potential to kill more people.

"If you then crank that exponential growth up to a steeper curve, you very quickly start infecting many, many, many more people than you would have beforehand," epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft at the University of Bern in Switzerland said in January.

There is also evidence that this variant makes people sicker, says William Hanage, a professor of epidemiology at Harvard University.

Hanage said it was "inevitable" that the B.1.1.7 variant would become the dominant strain in the U.S. but expressed some optimism about the timing.

"[A]t least this is happening at a point when we have a decent amount of vaccination even if it is nowhere near enough to control B.1.1.7 on its own," he wrote in an email to NPR.

Hanage said two factors were driving down the mean age of hospitalizations in the U.S.: "the first is that older adults are vaccinated and so less likely to wind up in hospital."

The second factor, he said, "is that the younger age groups now being infected with B.1.1.7 are more likely to have severe disease, because the variant is more virulent."

The U.S. leads the world with nearly 31 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with 556,000 deaths due to COVID-19.

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orbemnews · 4 years ago

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London records zero Covid-19 daily deaths for first time in six months as cases soar elsewhere in Europe Public Health England (PHE) statistics from Sunday showed no fatalities within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test in the UK capital, while the country as a whole recorded 19 deaths. The last daily record of zero deaths in the capital was on September 14 before a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic struck Britain. The data for Covid-19 deaths is usually lower on Mondays due to a lag in authorities reporting numbers over the weekend but the latest stats will be seen as a positive sign given the region was recording more than 200 daily deaths in January. The news comes as England’s “stay at home” order was lifted Monday and Covid-19 restrictions were eased, allowing two households or groups of up to six people to meet outdoors. The country has been in full national lockdown since January 4, after a new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus was discovered in southeast England. Outdoor sports facilities such as tennis courts, swimming pools and golf courses have been permitted to reopen, and organized outdoor sports with an unlimited number of people have been given the thumbs up. Weddings are no longer limited to exceptional circumstances but are only allowed a maximum of six attendees. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged caution amid growing cases elsewhere in Europe. “I know how much people have missed the camaraderie and competition of organized sport, and how difficult it has been to restrict physical activities — especially for children,” Johnson said. “I know many will welcome the increased social contact, with groups of 6 or two households now also able to meet outdoors.” The UK has the highest Covid-19 death toll in Europe, with more than 126,000 fatalities, according to a Johns Hopkins University (JHU) tally. While Monday marks the most significant easing in England since schools returned on March 8, many businesses remain shuttered, people are still being encouraged to work from home where possible, and travel abroad is still prohibited. The rules are set to be relaxed further in coming weeks provided the UK vaccination program continues unhindered and infection rates don’t surge. More than 30 million people across the UK have now received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and the country’s National Health Service is preparing to administer millions of second doses in the coming weeks, according to the UK Department of Health. The next stage of lockdown easing is due to take place no sooner than April 12 when non-essential retail will be allowed to reopen. At the same time, restaurants and pubs will be able to serve people outdoors. Germany considers new measures Elsewhere in Europe, infection rates are soaring amid a third pandemic wave. On Sunday German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested additional measures may be needed in the country to halt the ongoing spread of Covid-19. The number of coronavirus cases in Germany now stands at 2,782,273 after an additional 9,872 instances were identified, the German agency for disease control and prevention said Monday. The Robert Koch Institute said the country’s death toll stands at 75,913 — including 43 new cases in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile the seven-day incidence rate now stands at 134.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. In a rare interview with public broadcaster ARD on Sunday night, Merkel stood by her apology over proposing and then scrapping Easter restrictions, admitting mistakes had been made. Last week, the longtime leader walked back on her plan to impose a new hard five-day lockdown over Easter. Although there are restrictions on social contact and gatherings, businesses will now only be closed as usual on the public holidays of Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. As Covid-19 cases rise across Germany, however, Merkel said that in addition to testing, further measures were being considered and could be introduced soon. “For me, contact restrictions, restrictions to go out, are very important means to stop the exponential growth of the virus. Plus to increase testing in schools twice a week and the industry, where I am not yet content with the current enthusiasm, where I have said clearly that we then need to legislate, and soon,” Merkel said. Merkel deflected a question over whether she’d send Germany into another hard lockdown, instead suggesting that more people needed to work from home and that more testing for those going into work was needed. She added: “We have to ensure that schools can only open if they can test twice a week, although even twice is not a lot.” More than 75,000 people have died in Germany from Covid-19, according to JHU data. Doctors sound alarm in Paris France is now entering a decisive week, with the country under pressure from a rising number of patients in intensive care. Doctors warned Sunday that hospitals in Paris face being overwhelmed and are preparing to triage patients in the next two weeks as a result of the critical conditions. In an op-ed, published in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, 41 intensive care (ICU) and emergency doctors wrote that in the next two weeks “we are almost certain about the number of ICU beds that will be needed and we already know that our capacities will be exceeded at the end of this period.” The doctors pointed out a “glaring mismatch between needs and available resources” in what they call a “disaster medicine” situation. “We will be forced to select which patients get access to the ICUs and which do not in order to save as many lives as possible. This triage will involve all patients, Covid and non-Covid, especially regarding access to critical care for adult patients,” they wrote. The Parisian doctors wrote in their op-ed they had “never experienced such a situation, even during the worst terrorist attacks in recent years,” referring to the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and wounded 494. There were 1,429 patients in ICU in the Ile-de-France region (where Paris is located) as of Saturday night, which accounts for more than 124% of the number of ICU beds in the region, according to data published by the French health authority, Santé Publique France. The pandemic has killed more than 94,000 people in France, according to JHU. The French coronavirus strategy led by President Emmanuel Macron, who is up for re-election next year, has so far resisted a third nationwide lockdown — against the advice of his Scientific Council — because of the impact it would have on mental health and the economy, Macron has said. Instead, the government has favored a 7 p.m. curfew, as well as regional “reinforced health restrictions,” in place in 19 areas. While schools remain open in these vicinities, non-essential stores have closed and the movement of people has been limited to a 10-kilometer (six-mile) radius unless they have compelling business or health reasons to travel further. Medical workers have urged the French government in recent weeks to impose stronger national restrictions, in light of the more contagious B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, which was first identified in the UK and is now dominant in France. At the end of a tense EU summit on Thursday night, the French president denied any failure in his decision not to implement a lockdown at the end of January. “We didn’t have the explosion of cases that every model predicted,” he said in a press conference. “There won’t be a mea culpa from me. I don’t have remorse and won’t acknowledge failure,” Macron added. A defense council is expected to decide on a possible tightening of measures on Wednesday. Source link Orbem News #cases #Covid19 #daily #deaths #Europe #LONDON #months #records #soar #Time

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Boris Johnson press conference: PM to address nation with urgent warning as EU cases erupt

The Prime Minister will address the nation from Downing Street’s new £2.6million briefing room at 5pm this evening. His press conference comes as people in England are now allowed to meet in groups of six outdoors and organised sport returns.

Lockdown restrictions have been eased today in part two of the first step of the roadmap back to normality, earlier this month all children returned to the classrooms for the first time since January.

However, there are concerns the easing of restrictions could lead to a spike in cases, with a third wave of the deadly virus already spreading through the EU.

Tonight, the Prime Minister will urge the public not to abuse the relaxation of the rules and to continue abiding by social distancing rules.

Ahead of today, Mr Johnson said: “I know how much people have missed the camaraderie and competition of organised sport, and how difficult it has been to restrict physical activities – especially for children.

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“But we must remain cautious, with cases rising across Europe and new variants threatening our vaccine rollout.

“Despite today’s easements, everyone must continue to stick to the rules, remember hands, face, space, and come forward for a vaccine when called.”

A new advert urging people in England to “take this next step safely” will be aired on TV channels from tonight, being shown for the first time on ITV at approximately 7.15pm.

Adapting the current guidelines, the advert will promote the message: “Hands, Face, Space and Fresh Air.”

Echoing the message FROM Mr Jonhson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “As we see from rising cases in Europe, this virus still poses a very real threat.

“We have come so far thanks to the vaccine rollout and that progress must be protected.

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“So let’s take this next step safely, when you meet others do so outdoors, and keep a safe distance.”

Across Europe, countries are reimposing lockdown measures due to a rise in coronavirus cases, caused in part by the Kent variant which wreaked havoc across the UK in December and led to the third lockdown in England.

In France, health officials have warned Paris’s hospitals are at risk of being overrun, with one warning: “In 10 days, 15 days or three weeks we may be overwhelmed.”

Germany’s public health agency has warned of “exponential” case growth, while Belgium has shut all schools and universities from today hoping extending the Easter break will help curb the spread.

There is hope the rapid rollout of the vaccine across the UK will help stop the third wave engulfing the continent from delaying the relaxation of Covid rules over the coming months.

More than 30 million Brits have now been given a first dose of a jab, approximately 57 percent of the adult population.

Ministers have pledged to give a first injection to all adults by the end of July.

Yesterday the UK reported 19 new Covid deaths, the lowest number since September.

A further 343 people were admitted to hospital, while 3,862 new coronavirus cases were recorded.

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COVID19 Updates: 03/26/2021

Ukraine: NEW: Ukraine reports 18,132 new coronavirus cases, by far the biggest one-day increase on record

UK: Covid: What might a third wave look like? LINK

Italy: Ilaria Pappa, 31 years old school teacher from Italy, died of thromboembolism 10 days after receiving the Astrazeneca injection. Another blood clot death from the "safe and effective" AZ:

US: Redfield, the former CDC chief under Trump, tells @cnn that he thinks it's most likely that the coronavirus originated in the lab in Wuhan, as opposed to a nearby market, and started spreading as early as *September.* "It's only an opinion; I'm allowed to have opinions now." “I do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a human,” former CDC Director Dr. Redfield tells @drsanjaygupta. “Normally, when a pathogen goes from a zoonot to human, it takes a while for it to figure out how to become more & more efficient in human to human transmission.” LINK

Poland: COVID update: Daily caseload sets new record for 3rd day in a row - New cases: 35,143 - Positivity rate: 33.3% (-1) - In hospital: 27,779 (+661) - On ventilator: 2,730 (+110) - New deaths: 443

Germany: 3rd coronavirus wave in Germany could be worse than the first two and daily cases could reach as high as 100,000 a day if the spread is not curbed, RKI says - REU

Germany: Germany Likely To Class France As High Corona Region On Friday, Bringing Stricter Quarantine Requirement - FAZ

Mexico: Researchers in Mexico have made a nose-only Covid mask, which they say reduces the risk of infection of coronavirus during eating and talking. (Wait, what?)

Germany: GERMANY TO REQUIRE NEGATIVE CORONAVIRUS TEST PRE-DEPARTURE FROM ALL INCOMING FLIGHT PASSENGERS, EVEN FROM NON-RISK AREAS - BILD CITING GOVT SOURCES.

UK: UK'S FINANCE MINISTRY: COVID EMERGENCY LOAN PROGRAMS AND FINANCING SCHEME TOTAL £179.1 BILLION.

Denmark: #BREAKING Denmark extends pause of AstraZeneca vaccine for three weeks

UK: @uniofleicester PHOSP study on #LongCovid in hospitalised patients Over 5 months: 71% not fully recovered 20% had a new disability, This is a v important paper. Since Mar 2020, ~330K people have been discharged alive from hospital after Covid in England. That's potentially 67,000 people with a new disability; 125,000 people severely affected post Covid and almost 240,000 not fully recovered by 5 months.

Germany: GERMANY’S CHANCELLOR MERKEL: THE ECONOMIC COST OF THE WORSENING PANDEMIC IS IMMENSE. THE PANDEMIC IS SADLY A LONG WAY FROM BEING OVERCOME.

Austria: AUSTRIAN HEALTH MINISTER SAYS VIENNA AND TWO NEARBY PROVINCES TO INTRODUCE LOCKDOWN OVER EASTER FROM APRIL 1

Europe: Pandemic rages in Eastern Europe leaving hospitals struggling to cope LINK

Arizona: Doctor Joshua LaBaer from ASU Biodesign says that S Gene dropouts (possible UK Variant) continues to increase exponentially in Arizona, at least in their sample sequencing.

Tanzania: New Variant found to have undergone an insane number of mutations (the most in any variant seen yet). This new VOI, temporarily designated A.VOI.V2, has 31 amino acid substitutions (11 in spike) and three deletions (all in spike). The spike mutations include three substitutions in the receptor-binding domain (R346K, T478R and E484K);

Chile: Chile reports 7,626 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record

Hungary: NEW: Hungary reports 11,265 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase so far, and a record 275 new deaths

India: NEW: India reports 59,084 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase since October

Canada: COVID-19 variant cases are increasing rapidly in several parts of Canada and longer-range forecasts show that stronger public health restrictions will be required to counter the spread of the disease, health officials said on Friday.

UK: UK cases up nearly 30% today on last week's number. That's the biggest increase in terms of percentage since the first week of January. 6,187 new cases (people positive) reported, giving a total of 4,325,315. 70 new deaths reported, giving a total of 126,515.

Sweden: NEW: Sweden reports 7,706 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase since December

Arizona: CORONAVIRUS: Ducey lifts remaining COVID-19 restrictions in Arizona, but not all Valley businesses will comply LINK

France: France reports 41,869 new COVID-19 cases, straining hospital system

Spain: Worrying data just in from #Spain An 84% rise in new #Covid19 cases there this evening with 7,586 new infections vs 4,118 last Friday. #Madrid does look to be driving much of the increase. Cases there up again and now a 7-day infection rate of 241/100k

RUMINT (France): In France they are reporting that the variant from the Brittany region of France has now been detected in Paris. Remember, this is the variant that can't be detected in the usual way the virus is collected for PCR tests (nasopharyngeal). Instead the samples have to be taken from the lungs.

Brazil: Mayor of Rio de Janeiro implored residents to stay at home, as Rio enters a partial Covid lockdown and faced what he called “the most difficult moment of our lives”. On Friday, as Brazil’s most famous city began a 10-day shutdown designed to slow the spread of Covid; “We need to open our eyes & realize that this isn’t a joke. People are dying. If everything carries on like this and nothing is done, God alone knows what might happen,” Mayor Paes warned. “Nobody knows the limits of this disease or how many new variants might appear”;

Kenya: Kenya’s President Kenyatta called for halt to all movement in Nairobi & 4 other counties Friday, as the Covid-19 outbreak reached worst ever stage. Kenyatta announced new LD curbs, including stricter curfew, suspension of in-person schooling & closing of bars in Nairobi;

UK: In England, more than 40.6K people have been likely infected with covid while being treated in hospital for another reason, raising concerns about the NHS’s inability to protect them. 1 in 5 hospitals report at least a fifth of all patients, caught covid while an inpatient;

Canada: COVID-19 cases surging as modelling suggests holiday gatherings could spell more trouble LINK

India: NEW: India reports 62,276 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase since October

Brazil: BREAKING: Brazil reports 3,650 new coronavirus deaths, by far the deadliest day on record

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It's now called 'CAUTIOUS CUDDLING' in this mad new world

PEOPLE in England are looking forward to hugging loved ones, dining inside restaurants and fleeing the UK for their overseas holiday.

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Application Release Automation Market Segmentation, Applications, Dynamics, Development Status and Outlook 2023

Market Scope

Application release automation market 2020 is on track to procure a valuation of USD 525.39 Million by 2023, affirms Market Research Future (MRFR). The global market is also set to attain a strong CAGR of 19.73% over the evaluation period, which is between 2019 and 2023. We will provide COVID-19 impact analysis with the report, along with the market developments post the coronavirus disease outbreak.

Growth Enhancers and Key Deterrents

Organizations are constantly on the lookout for applications that are of top quality, as it helps boost customer experience. ARA/application release automation has been a significant trend in the software engineering field, which helps automate the release processes of streamlining all IT deliveries. ARA facilitates applications’ smooth delivery in enterprises resulting in quicker time for marketing. ARA also caters to software development teams as it helps bring down the architectural and operational complexities without compromising the application’s quality. Considering these benefits, the demand for application release automation has surged exponentially among enterprises worldwide.

Rather than employing the complication way of designing and managing application hardware, organization now prefer the OPEX model. Most of the companies find compliance and audit tedious, since it takes up a lot of time, which can be spent on doing core tasks. But with ARA, companies are able to conduct their business with reduced operating costs and also benefit from the advanced tool. Speaking of benefits, the ARA technology does not cost much as compared to managing, planning, building and designing enterprise applications. This can be another appealing factor about ARA that boosts its demand and aids market growth as well.

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The fast expanding amount of data in applications has shed light on the importance of AI as it helps quicker application delivery. AI along ML/Machine Learning is being used by enterprises to efficiently use their resources and also gather relevant insight from the data that may comprise valuable solutions for challenges faced during IT operations. Leading firms are increasingly focusing on new innovations, product launch, and business expansion that only elevate their position but also induces substantial market growth.

A case in point, in July 2020, Appfire, a renowned apps vendor for software development teams, enriched its portfolio by acquiring Beecom Products AG, a well-known developer of JSU Automation Suite for the Jira Workflows.

Segmental Review

Application Release Automation (ARA) Market can be considered in terms of type, component and vertical.

The types covered in the research are cloud as well as on-premise.

Components outlined in the market study are support and maintenance, and tools, training, consulting, and integration services, managed services and more. Between these, the lead has been achieved by the training, consulting, and integration segment in the ARA market. These services are gaining strength as they help enterprises efficiently manage any kind of transformation and reach the company’s strategic goal.

The key verticals described in the MRFR report are media & entertainment, manufacturing, healthcare, BFSI, retail, IT & Telecom, and more.

Regional Insight

The geographical dissection of the application release automation market has been done with respect to Europe/EU, North America, APAC/Asia Pacific, and RoW/the rest of the world.

From 2018 and 2023, North America could lead the application release automation market backed by the fact that the region has an extensive and well-developed IT infrastructure as well as a significant number of renowned firms. The widespread availability of technically brilliant workforce and the escalating demand for fast and low priced and secure DevOps processes while operating in virtual, cloud or physical environments could also lead the market to higher levels in the years ahead.

The APAC market is slated to procure the highest growth rate over the given period, since most of the enterprises in the region are offering internal training programs to their employees to better their competency. Therefore, the increasing training and learning about the ARA technology and its benefits is expected to work in favor of the regional market. In addition, the rising prominence of IT automation and similar technologies, like serverless architecture and big data, ARA tool and solutions could note higher demand among enterprises during the appraisal period.

Eminent Vendors

Eminent vendors in the ARA market include HP Company (US), MidVision Limited (UK), BMC Software (US), XebiaLabs, Inc. (US), Red Hat Inc. (US), Micro Focus International PLC (UK), Microsoft Corporation (US), IBM Corporation (US), VMware, Inc. (US), CA Technologies (US), to mention a few.

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Why was Ireland the first European country to go back into lockdown – and will it work?

At midnight on October 21, Eire launched its highest degree of nationwide restrictions as a part of a lockdown that may final six weeks. Within the days that adopted, many different European nations did the identical, from France to Germany, Wales and Belgium. England will shortly observe go well with.

As is the case for a lot of of those nations, the Irish restrictions usually are not fairly as extreme as throughout the first lockdown in March, as faculties have remained open and bigger numbers are permitted at funerals and weddings.

So why did Eire have to do that, and can the primary European nation to enter a brand new lockdown be capable to conquer the second wave of coronavirus?

Spring vs autumn

Though severe, the state of affairs in Eire is completely different to the way it was in spring. Way more testing is being performed, together with testing suspected circumstances with a wider vary of signs, testing asymptomatic contacts, and mass testing high-risk workplaces and care services. As in lots of nations, extra circumstances at the moment are occurring in youthful folks.

This modification in testing means it’s not attainable to precisely examine the charges now with the charges in March-April when Eire was solely testing these with a number of signs. Permitting for this, nevertheless, it’s clear that as quickly as group numbers started to rise after the primary lockdown ended, the low hospitalisations and ICU admissions the nation had achieved started to rise once more rapidly as older folks grew to become extra uncovered to an infection.

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Within the days after degree 5 restrictions had been imposed, ICU admission charges had been the best since Could. There are outbreaks in nursing properties once more. And we should not overlook that, though uncommon, there might be severe issues from COVID-19, even in younger folks.

The primary in Europe

Worldwide comparisons of charges of COVID-19 are tough for a lot of causes. Variations in testing coverage, which shifts rapidly, hospital capability, ICU beds and prevalence of underlying well being situations all make for challenges compared. Nonetheless, when the restrictions had been introduced, Irish politicians had been criticised for imposing a lockdown classed because the “strictest in Europe”.

Nonetheless, final week Mike Ryan of the World Well being Group warned that the entire continent was lagging in its response to COVID-19. “There’s no query that the European area is an epicentre for illness proper now,” he stated. “Proper now we’re effectively behind this virus in Europe so getting forward of it will take some severe acceleration in what we do and possibly far more complete nature of measures which can be going to be wanted.”

That is exactly what Eire is doing, and others have since adopted go well with. France and Germany at the moment are in comparable lockdowns, as circumstances soar in these nations. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has introduced that England will go into lockdown on November 5, whereas Wales began its personal “firebreak” lockdown on October 19.

Maybe probably the most attention-grabbing comparability is with Northern Eire, which started its “circuit breaker” lockdown on October 16, because of final 4 weeks. Given the character of the open border between the Republic of Eire and Northern Eire, an all-island foundation strategy to public restrictions would have been splendid as these counties close to the border have suffered most from completely different practices, with big surges of infections just lately.

Will it work?

There have been challenges within the response to COVID-19 in Eire. The latest exponential rise in testing and constructive circumstances has meant that ready instances for assessments had been extended, and for a short while contact testing companies had been overwhelmed; virtually 2,000 COVID-19 circumstances had been requested to alert their very own contacts. There additionally has been inadequate recruitment to assist contact tracing.

Testing turnaround had improved when circumstances had been low, however that too was quickly overwhelmed when the variety of assessments requested elevated dramatically – for instance, with a 6% positivity fee on October 10, for each constructive take a look at there have been 16 that had been unfavourable however nonetheless needed to be processed. The positivity fee has now been introduced all the way down to 4.8%.

Laboratory testing employees in the meantime usually are not proof against coronavirus as was seen within the latest closure of the Nationwide Virus Reference Laboratory for 2 weekends with a number of employees absent because of COVID-19.

For the reason that pandemic started, sufferers have been frightened about attending the hospital and GP, and there are fears that presentation with illnesses corresponding to most cancers and heart problems have been critically delayed. The impact of this can solely actually be seen after the pandemic is over. Hospitals want to have the ability to do what they usually do – deal with non-COVID illness. ICU beds are wanted for different sufferers.

I hope this era of high-level restrictions would be the quick sharp shock Eire must get again on monitor. The six-week length is designed to make sure that Eire can actually suppress the virus, and something much less would most likely not be sufficient. Coronavirus incubation is 5 days on common however might be as much as 14. A full two weeks must have elapsed earlier than it’s clear whether or not there was a drop in circumstances.

Time will inform how efficient Eire’s lockdown will probably be, and its success depends upon everybody complying with the restrictions – one thing that’s tougher the second time round. Coronavirus fatigue is current. However there are constructive early indicators: Eire is certainly one of solely 4 nations in Europe the place the seven-day incidence fee of COVID-19 has decreased in contrast with final week.

Over the approaching weeks, it’s important that our flesh pressers, Division of Well being and Well being Service Govt plan correctly for reopening society following the lockdown. In addition to suppressing an infection charges, this lockdown should be used to recruit extra contact tracers, present quicker turnaround instances for take a look at outcomes, present larger assist for public well being departments – in addition to bettering our ICU capability – as we wait and hope for a vaccine.

If Eire doesn’t get issues proper this time, it’s prone to face one other lockdown early in 2021.

Patricia Fitzpatrick doesn’t work for, seek the advice of, personal shares in or obtain funding from any firm or organisation that might profit from this text, and has disclosed no related affiliations past their tutorial appointment.

from Growth News https://growthnews.in/why-was-ireland-the-first-european-country-to-go-back-into-lockdown-and-will-it-work/ via https://growthnews.in

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COVID19 Updates: 03/20/2021

Russia: Coronavirus: How Russia glosses over its Covid death toll LINK

Pakistan: Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan test positive for coronavirus just two days after being vaccinated LINK

Hungary: Hungary reports 227 new COVID-19 deaths and 11,132 new cases. Adjusting for population, this would be like the U.S. having 7,625 deaths and 373,923 cases.

UK: COVID-19: UK's R number increases to between 0.6 and 0.9 LINK

Brazil: In Brazil, Covid increasingly hitting the young LINK

Canada: Alberta: B117 grows exponentially in AB *since 3 months*. Doubling time as of Mar 14: 11 days, R=1.29 That’s fast. During AB fall surge cases were doubling every 18 days. At this rate AB may have: Apr 19, 1000 daily new cases, May 03, 2000 daily new cases

RUMINT (New York): I am increasingly of the view that B.1.526 (NY variant) is serious, especially because some have E484K. If you ask me, increasing cases in NJ (and probably NYC soon) likely owe a lot to that

Brazil: #COVID19 in Brazil: At least 76 municipalities predict an oxygen scarcity crisis, says entity of mayors | G1

India: India coronavirus cases surge to four-month high, some lockdowns return LINK

Brazil: Serious repression escalating in Brazil now. After numerous arrests of anti-Bolsonaro protesters this week, Bolsonaro directs the Federal Police to investigate the former Governor & presidential candidate @CiroGomes for "crimes against the honor of the President."

Philippines: The Philippines on Saturday recorded 7,999 new coronavirus infections, the second straight day that the country posted a record high in daily cases. LINK

Europe: There have been anti-lockdown protests in many countries today. London had one of the largest, but Austria, Ireland, Netherlands, Serbia just some of the others

Bosnia: The number of patients in #Bosnia is flying up. Awful scenes from hospitals there with another 34% rise, 1,417 new cases of #Covid19 Medics appealed for stricter measures - all that happened was the curfew was extended by an hour.

Germany: Thousands of people gather in the German city of Kassel to protest against Covid-19 restrictions

New York: Brazil Covid variant detected in New York resident for the first time, Cuomo says: CNBC. New York announces the detection of its first case of the so-called Brazilian variant of covid. The patient is a Brooklyn resident with no travel history. This is a really big deal. New Yorkers—please understand this variant appears to be more contagious, more deadly for young people, and somewhat resistant to vaccines.

Florida: BREAKING NEWS: Due to overwhelming spring break crowds, the city of Miami Beach will impose an 8 p.m. curfew in the South Beach entertainment district and block most eastbound traffic entering the city after 10 p.m., beginning Saturday. LINK

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro has almost 500 patients waiting in line for a #Covid19 bed | G1

Philippines: Vaccinating the Philippines could take two years. Health workers fear it will be a hotbed of variants by then LINK

Israel: The Israeli government approved new coronavirus regulations for cultural and sporting events, which will take effect on Friday at 5pm

Europe: EU threatens AstraZeneca with export ban if vaccine delivery targets not met LINK

Brazil: Volkswagen suspends production in #Brazil for 12 days due to #COVID19 LINK

World: Pfizer has warned the EU to back down from its threat to block vaccines to the UK because the firm needs crucial ingredients shipped from Yorkshire LINK

UK: Covid outbreak at Stoke-on-Trent dementia home kills two and infects 41 more - Stoke-on-Trent Live ⁦@Parents_Utd⁩ ⁦@PsyberAttack⁩ @UKActionteam⁩ All residents have had at least one dose of vaccine. LINK

France: France's 7-day case average: Five weeks ago: 18,755 (plateau) Four weeks ago: 19,217 (plateau) Three weeks ago: 21,840 (plateau) Two weeks ago: 20,913 (plateau) One week ago: 23,373 (jump) Today: 29,871 (surge). The French ICU numbers have risen constantly ever since the second week of January, due to the B117 variant gradually becoming the dominant variant since that time and b117 being a more deadly variant. 2,600 in ICU in second week of Jan. 4,400 in ICU today

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