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7 pm EST update. An increase of 68,944 cases and 5,542 deaths. Case fatality rate of 6.67%
Disinfection robot put into trial operation amid COVID-19 fight-VNN
HÀ NỘI — Researchers from the National Centre for Technological Progress have developed a robot that can disinfect large surfaces quickly to support Việt Nam’s fight against COVID-19.
The robot named NaRoVid1 is designed to sanitise the surfaces of hospital rooms. It has been put into trial operation at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases No2 in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District since April 15.
Governor says Brazil has ‘Bolsonaro-virus’-AP
“We’re fighting against the coronavirus and against the ‘Bolsonaro-virus,’” Doria said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, adding that he believes the president has adopted “incorrect, irresponsible positions.”
Profit over people, cost over care: America’s broken healthcare exposed by virus-Guardian
In the wealthiest country in the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the core of a healthcare system that is structurally incapable of dealing with the pandemic. Federal and local governments, health insurers and employers have pledged to help Americans pay their way through this crisis, but to do so requires a dramatic overhaul of a system which has for decades prioritized cost over care.
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Donald Trump says he discussed Wuhan laboratory connection with Xi Jinping
- Trump said the US was ‘doing a thorough investigation’ on the matter and declined to divulge details of his conversation with Xi
- Comments follow Washington Post report that US science diplomats raised alarm about Wuhan lab in 2018
Protective equipment costs increase over 1,000% as demand surges during pandemic
The cost of personal protective equipment is skyrocketing – more than 1,000% in some cases – as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
The federal government’s Strategic National Stockpile has nearly emptied and states have been left to find PPE supplies on their own. The surge in demand has left importers, suppliers and purchasers scrambling. And price gouging has exacerbated the problem.
“The cost keeps rising and rising and rising, and there’s no end in sight,” said Michael Einhorn, CEO and President of Dealmed, a PPE distributor based in New York.
(Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak has virtually shut down corporate Australia and New Zealand, forcing companies to throw out their strategic plans and resulting in thousands of layoffs or staff suspensions.
Japan Urges Citizens to Isolate as Reports Warn of 400,000 Deaths
“Ischaemic heart disease was the most common main pre-existing condition found among deaths involving Covid-19 and was involved in 541 deaths (14% of all deaths involving Covid-19),” the report said.
FDA asks people who have recovered from Covid-19 to donate blood plasma
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday put out a call for recovered Covid-19 patients to donate blood plasma which could potentially be used to help ill patients fight the disease.
The idea is that convalescent plasma, the liquid part of blood, from recovered patients contains antibodies that could help strengthen the immune response of other patients still battling infection
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Missiri said the initial phase of messaging and fighting rumors about the coronavirus is over, “now it’s time to move to response.”
Africa is now reporting more than 17,000 cases and about 900 have lost their lives, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Africa, said.
China’s traders at famed Yiwu market turn to e-commerce, WeChat, TikTok in bid to survive-SCMP
- Long-time customers are negotiating deals with traders at Yiwu International Trade Market via WeChat, but new customers are hard to find online
- Traders have turned to live streaming via TikTok with the help of social media influencers as foreign buyers are absent from the world’s largest small commodities market
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 3,448 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, up from 3,388 the day earlier.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported on Thursday fewer new coronavirus cases involving travellers arriving from overseas, but locally transmitted infections rose, with the Chinese capital seeing new local cases for the first time in more than three weeks.
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COVID-19: VN earns accolades for punching above its weight
HÀ NỘI — As the global number of COVID-19 cases surpasses the two million milestone, Việt Nam has started to receive international accolades for its all-out efforts that have managed to keep its tally considerably low given its close proximity to China.
Strict mass quarantine, intensive contact tracing, early sealing off of borders with virus-hit regions, decisive leadership and social unity were variously cited as the reasons for Việt Nam’s initial successes against the onslaught of the novel coronavirus despite having limited resources, while many other advanced nations buckle under an explosion of patients with deaths running up to the thousands.
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SEOUL (Reuters) – 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.
- City has one of the most comprehensive testing procedures for Covid-19 in place at converted expo site
- Programme is being closely watched as the airline industry’s body prepares to hold a summit with health officials in the coming weeks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the World Health Organization has said there is no evidence that the coronavirus that has infected more than 2 million people globally was made in a lab.
`Am I going now to my execution?’ One doctor’s very long day
PARMA, Italy (AP) — It was March 7, in the afternoon. Dr. Giovanni Passeri had just returned home from Maggiore Hospital, where he is an internist, when he was urgently called back to work. His ward at the hospital was about to admit its first COVID-19 case.
Driving back to the hospital, down the tree-lined streets of Parma, Passeri, 56, recalled thinking: “Am I going now to my execution?”
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian researchers said on Thursday they expect to roll out wide testing of raw sewage for the presence of coronavirus within weeks to help pinpoint communities at risk, after a successful regional pilot.
5 am EST update. An increase of 19,931 cases and 3,621 deaths. Case fatality rate 6.63%
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HÀ NỘI — The light in the lab of the Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control (CDC) hasn’t been off for a second since March 6.
That’s when Việt Nam discovered the 17th COVID-19 patient after twenty days of no new cases.
In the following month, the number of cases in Hà Nội rose to 123. Tens of thousands of people connected to the positive cases in the city had to have their health checked and monitored, meaning a huge workload for the health workers at CDC, which is tasked with disease prevention and health risk reduction.
“Lab workers of the centre have been working round the clock for the past month, with four shifts a day,” said Nguyễn Thị Kiều Anh, Deputy Director of Hà Nội CDC.
- City has one of the most comprehensive testing procedures for Covid-19 in place at converted expo site
- Programme is being closely watched as the airline industry’s body prepares to hold a summit with health officials in the coming weeks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will probably have to maintain some level of social distancing until a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is available, Neil Ferguson, a professor who has helped shape the government’s response to the pandemic, said on Thursday.
China, Europe show restarting virus-hit economies not easy
BEIJING (AP) — As countries consider how to restart economies that have been halted by the coronavirus, the early experiences in China and parts of Europe show it will be no easy task.
Workers back on the job are wary of spending much or going out. Shoppers are staying away from the few stores reopening. Masks and social distancing measures are not fading. And pervasive is the fear the virus could return if lockdowns meant to stop its spread are eased too much, too quickly.
Still, leaders are anxious to reopen factories, schools and shops and to repair the economic damage from the pandemic that has infected more than 2 million people and claimed more than 137,000 lives.
Trump says U.S. investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing “needs to come clean” on what they know.
- Social distancing may need to continue or be used intermittently for next two years even if the virus were seemingly eliminated, researchers say
- Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that distancing in the US could be eased this month, while China has loosened its measures
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