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7 pm EST. An increase of 52,369 cases and 3,886 deaths. Death rate of 5.56%

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South Carolina governor issues stay-at-home order

Coronavirus: France records highest daily death toll of 833

Arkansas schools will be closed for the rest of the school year

Arkansas public schools will remain closed for the rest fo the current school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday.

During a news conference in Little Rock, Hutchinson told reporters alternative methods of instruction will continue while schools remain closed.

As cases surge, 3 in 4 US hospitals already facing COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed as cases rocket toward their projected peak.

A report Monday from a federal watchdog agency warns that different, widely reported problems are feeding off each other in a vicious cycle. Such problems include insufficient tests, slow results, scarcity of protective gear, the shortage of breathing machines for seriously ill patients and burned-out staffs anxious for their own safety.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, 10 Downing Street said.

“Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the Prime Minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

World at risk of second Great Depression due to coronavirus, says Chinese central bank

China’s central bank has warned the international community to be alert to the risk of a “Great Depression” in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, although it said the chances of this occurring was low.
“The possibility of a ‘Great Depression’ cannot be ruled out if the epidemic continues to run out of control, and the deterioration of the real economy is compounded by an eruption of financial risks,” Zhu Jun, director of the international department of the People’s Bank of China, was quoted by local media as saying last week.

More than 10,000 people have died from coronavirus in the US

New York governor increases fines to $1,000 for violating state’s social distancing directive

How to sanitise your phone, luxury bags, shoes and watch during the coronavirus pandemic

Prepare a mixture of distilled water and 70 per cent isopropyl alcohol and spray it on a cloth to clean your phone screen. Another alternative is to use disinfectant wipes that have the same solution. For smaller areas such as the space around the camera lens, attachment ports or buttons, use a dry cotton swab or wooden toothpick to clean any build-up. More at the link.

Mass virus testing site opens in Georgia Tech parking deck

ATLANTA (AP) — Drive-thru testing for COVID-19 will begin Monday at Georgia Institute of Technology, Gov. Brian Kemp announced.

Kemp said the state is partnering with CVS Health to set up rapid testing that can accommodate multiple lanes of cars at one time at a parking deck on Georgia Tech’s campus in midtown Atlanta. The process is expected to take about 30 minutes from the time of the test to delivery of results, Kemp said in a statement Monday.

Navy says its prepared to treat coronavirus patients on the hospital ship if directed

The Navy says its prepared to shift course and treat Covid-19 patients aboard the USNS Comfort hospital ship that is docked in New York City.

Coronavirus: Hong Kong virologist calls for wide-scale antibody testing aimed at detecting city’s true number of Covid-19 cases

An infection percentage that includes asymptomatic cases would offer firmer ground for government decisions about scaling the economy back up

‘The only way to find out how big the iceberg is by serological testing,’ HKU’s Malik Peiris tells the Post

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UK’s Johnson ‘in good spirits’ in hospital, stays in charge

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was in good spirits Monday after spending the night in a London hospital after being admitted with the new coronavirus.

Johnson’s spokesman said Johnson had spent a comfortable night and remained in charge of government despite being admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital after COVID-19 symptoms of a cough and fever persisted, 10 days after he was diagnosed.

12 noon EST update. An increase of 13,708 cases and 1,063 deaths. Death rate 5.47%

Michigan governor: “We are running dangerously low on PPE”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told reporters that the state is running dangerously low on personal protective equipment, also called PPE.

“We are running dangerously low on PPE,” Gov. Whitmer said at a press conference Monday morning. “At Beaumont Hospital we have less than 3 days until N95 masks run out. At Henry Ford Health System we have less than 4 days. And at the Detroit Medical Center, less than 10 days,” she said.

Japan to declare state of emergency for Tokyo, other areas

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he will declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to bolster measures to fight the coronavirus, but that there will be no hard lockdowns.

California is sending 500 ventilators to the national stockpile

Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced today that California would loan 500 state-owned ventilators to the Strategic National Stockpile inventory.

“We can’t turn our backs on Americans whose lives depend on having a ventilator now,” Newsom said in a press release.

Doctor: 139 virus patients on ventilators in St. Louis-area-AP

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Nearly 500 people are hospitalized in the St. Louis region with the coronavirus, including 139 requiring ventilators, and the leader of a new pandemic task force is warning that the peak of illnesses isn’t expected until later this month.

Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, said Sunday that 468 patients are hospitalized in the St. Louis area, including 164 in intensive care units, the vast majority of whom are on ventilators. The patients have either tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, or are showing symptoms and awaiting test results.

Louisiana church holds services, defying coronavirus stay-at-home order

CENTRAL, La. (Reuters) – The pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church near Baton Rouge held services on Sunday in defiance of a stay-at-home order issued by Louisiana because of the coronavirus pandemic, telling worshippers they had “nothing to fear but fear itself.”

China says it has sold nearly four billion masks abroad

BEIJING, April 5 — China has sold nearly four billion masks to foreign countries since March, officials said today, as they tried to stem widespread fears over the quality of medical exports.

Despite Chinese cases dwindling, Beijing has encouraged factories to increase production of medical supplies as the pandemic kills over 60,000 globally and parts of the world face a protective equipment shortage.

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Americans brace for ‘hardest, saddest’ week of their lives-AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans braced for what the nation’s top doctor warned Sunday would be “the hardest and saddest week” of their lives while Britain assumed the unwelcome mantle of deadliest coronavirus hot spot in Europe after a record 24-hour jump in deaths that surpassed even hard-hit Italy’s.

The Latest: British PM still in charge despite hospital stay

LONDON — Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in charge of the government despite being hospitalized in what his office described as a “precautionary step,” after contracting the new coronavirus.

Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told BBC that Johnson is awaiting the results of tests after spending the night in an undisclosed hospital.

Iran coronavirus cases pass 60,000, the highest in the Middle East-CNN

There have been 2,274 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours In Iran, bringing the total number of cases to 60,500, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpoor announced on state TV Monday.

He also confirmed 136 more coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total death toll to 3,739.

Coronavirus can stay on face masks for up to a week, study finds-SCMP

Pathogen that causes Covid-19 is gone within three hours from surfaces like printing and tissue paper, but can last for days on banknotes, stainless steel and plastic, researchers from University of Hong Kong say

But virus is no match for household disinfectants, bleach or frequent hand washing with soap and water

Doctors arrested in Pakistan after protests over lack of PPE-CNN

Police in Pakistan have arrested dozens of doctors and medical staff protesting a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) in their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The demonstrations took place in the city of Quetta in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan. Senior police official Razzaq Cheema confirmed the arrests to CNN.

Coronavirus: German military asked to secure transport of face masks after US initially accused of ‘piracy’-SCMP

Request for troop support came after a delivery of 200,000 face masks destined for the German capital was diverted en route from China

German officials initially laid blame on US, one calling diversion of shipment ‘an act of modern piracy’

Coronavirus: nearly half a million Chinese companies close in first quarter as pandemic batters economy

Some 460,000 Chinese firms shut in the first quarter amid fallout from the coronavirus

Registration of new firms between January and March fell 29 per cent from a year earlier

The rising heroes of the coronavirus era? Nations’ top nerds-SBS

The new celebrities emerging across Europe as the coronavirus burns a deadly path through the continent are not actors or singers or politicians. Instead, they are epidemiologists and virologists who have become household names after spending most of their lives in virtual anonymity.

Third Coral Princess passenger dies after being taken to the hospital

A third passenger from the Coral Princess cruise ship has died after being transported by a private ambulance to a hospital in Hialeah, Florida, according to a press release from the office of Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez.

UN chief warns of violence at home, Japan nears emergency

TOKYO (AP) — With more than 1.2 million people infected with the new coronavirus, the U.N. chief appealed for “peace at home” — all homes — out of concern that domestic violence was rising as the social and financial toll of the pandemic deepened.

U..S. officials warned of sad developments to come in the worst-hit country, where medical supplies were short and morgues were crowded. Japanese officials on Monday considered declaring a state of emergency. Infections are soaring in the country that has the world’s third-largest economy and its oldest population.

5 am EST update. An increase of 6,233 cases and 218 deaths since 7 pm last night. Death rate 5.44%

Coronavirus latest: US braces for ‘Pearl Harbour moment’ after 1,200 deaths in a day

Americans braced themselves for what the nation’s top doctor warned would be “the hardest and saddest week” of their lives as more than 1,200 people died of coronavirus complications in the United States in the past day.
Johns Hopkins University, which has been keeping a running tally of global coronavirus numbers, said late Sunday there are at least 337,620 confirmed infections in the US with 9,643 deaths.
“This is going to be our Pearl Harbour moment, our 9/11 moment,’’ US Surgeon General Jerome Adams told Fox News Sunday before the new figures were published.

U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — After the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment.

A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies largely waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers.

Cuomo: NY could be very near apex-NHK

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has suggested the state may now be hitting the apex of the coronavirus outbreak.

Cuomo said at a news conference on Sunday that the numbers of both new hospitalizations and ICU admissions are lower than previous numbers, while more people are being discharged from hospitals.

Patients rush to join studies testing drug for coronavirus-AP

The new coronavirus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw an X-ray of his pneumonia-choked lungs and colleagues asked his wishes about life support while wheeling him into Massachusetts General’s intensive care unit.

When they offered him a chance to help test remdesivir, an experimental drug that’s shown promise against some other coronaviruses, “it did not even cross my mind once to say ‘no,’” said Singh, a heart specialist.

Coronavirus patients around the world have been rushing to join remdesivir studies that opened in hospitals in the last few weeks.

Koike: Tokyo is preparing for state of emergency-NHK

Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has said the metropolitan government is getting ready for the prime minister’s possible declaration of a state of emergency over the coronavirus.

Koike made the comment to reporters on Monday as Prime Minister Abe Shinzo began final arrangements to make a declaration as early as Tuesday.