COVID–19 Headlines April 7, 2020

Covid-19 has infected at least 1.35 million people worldwide.

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7 pm EST. An increase of 49,738 cases and 4,752 deaths since 12 noon. Death rate 5.74%. Death rate continues to climb.

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Physician worries Covid-19-related deaths could be undercounted

Emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney says she’s worried a number of factors could be leading to an undercount in the death toll related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ranney, an emergency physician at Lifespan/Brown University, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that people with acute conditions who usually fill her emergency department, like strokes or heart attacks, are not showing up.

“I’m worrying that they’re dying at home or having severe illness that we would attribute to Covid-19,” Ranney said.

Millions of aviation jobs at risk, airlines can’t afford refunds, says IATA

LONDON, April 7 — Global airlines warned that 25 million jobs across the world could be at risk from the coronavirus travel downturn and the industry’s representative body said airline finances were so fragile they could not afford to refund customers.

French COVID-19 death toll passes 10,000 as daytime jogging banned in Paris

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says outdoor physical exercise will be forbidden in the French capital between 10am and 7pm amid a tightening of restrictions.

High demand for oxygen risks system failure, NHS England warns

Demand for oxygen to treat coronavirus patients is running so high in some hospitals that NHS England has warned systems could suddenly fail, risking patient safety.

In a new oxygen alert notice which calls for immediate action by trusts to prevent outages, the NHS warned some hospitals are exceeding the maximum flow of oxygen from their tanks, risking them freezing up and causing vital gas flow “to drop unexpectedly, compromising supply to patients”.

“Unfortunately we’re reporting today 70 new deaths, that is the highest number we have recorded at any time and a 24-hour a report. And remember we’re not saying that 70 people died in the last 24 hours, but that is the report is that we have today is it that 70 new deaths have been attributed to Covid-19,” Edwards told reporters in Baton Rouge.

Britain’s effort to speed up coronavirus testing hit by faulty antibody kits

Oxford University researchers found that many of the rapid-test kits can’t accurately show whether someone was exposed to the virus

The government had ordered more than 4 million of these tests, which can be as simple as finger-prick devices

Hackers’ new target during pandemic: video conference calls

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. Then Britney Spears music came on, and someone told Weber to shut up. Someone threatened to rape her.

Hackers had targeted the meeting on the video conference platform Zoom while Weber was completing the final step of her doctoral degree at Duke University. The harassment lasted 10 minutes — the result of an increasingly common form of cyber attack known as “Zoom bombing.”

The measure that began in mid-March was set to end on April 12, but will now have to stay given the sustained growth in virus cases, the government said

Announcing the move, President Duterte said the country’s economy was ‘at a standstill’ and directed officials to find more funds to help citizens

Four workers at ADM Clinton, Iowa, corn facility test positive for coronavirus

(Reuters) – Four workers at an Archer Daniels Midland Co corn processing facility in Clinton, Iowa, have tested positive for coronavirus, the company said on Monday.

The employees and those they have come in contact with have been quarantined and the facility is being deep cleaned to prevent further spread, the Chicago-based grain trader and processor said.

California governor ships hundreds of surplus ventilators to New York, New Jersey and Illinois

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that shipments of ventilators will arrive in hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Illinois as early as Tuesday night, as his state began flying a surplus of 500 ventilators to states in need.

“One hundred going to New York, 100 going to New Jersey, 100 going to Illinois,” Newsom, a Democrat, told reporters Tuesday.

New Jersey experiences highest number of coronavirus deaths in one day, governor says

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said that the state experienced its highest coronavirus related death toll in one day so far, saying in part, “New Jersey has seen 232 deaths to Covid-19 related complications bringing the number of total deaths statewide to 1,232.”

China reported no coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, the first time since it started publishing daily figures in January.

The National Health Commission said it had 32 confirmed cases, down from 39 on Monday.

Trump’s trade adviser warned the White House in January coronavirus could become “full-blown pandemic”

President Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro fired off an internal flare at the White House in late January, warning in a memo that the coronavirus could become a “full-blown pandemic,” risking trillions of dollars in economic losses and the health of millions, a source familiar with the memo confirmed to CNN.

In the first memo, Navarro pushed for a travel ban on China — something he and other officials had begun lobbying for weeks earlier — and “aggressive” containment efforts.

12 noon EST update. An increase of 14,163 cases and 1,637 deaths from 6 am.

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Australia’s coronavirus modelling has been released: What does it mean?

The government’s modelling suggests if we ditched social distancing too soon, demand for ICU beds would exceed supply.

Coronavirus wreaks havoc in African American neighbourhoods-BBC

Black Chicagoans account for half of all coronavirus cases in the city and more than 70% of deaths, despite making up 30% of the population.

Other cities with large black populations, including Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans and New York, have become coronavirus hotspots.

The coronavirus has now killed 24 doctors in Indonesia-SBS

Indonesia announced its biggest daily increase in novel coronavirus cases on Monday and a medical association said 24 doctors had now died after contracting the virus.

The rise in the death toll among doctors, which has doubled since last week, followed criticism of a lack of protective equipment in Indonesia.

Coronavirus: Paris bans daytime outdoor exercise-BBC

Authorities in Paris have banned exercise outside during the day, as the fight against the coronavirus outbreak continues.

The new rules are in force between 10:00 and 19:00 local time, and come into effect on Wednesday.

Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the chief of police said this would restrict people to exercise “when the streets are generally at their quietest”.

Kentucky officials are warning residents of fake coronavirus testing sites in the Louisville area, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Medical marketing companies offering coronavirus tests, including one that promises results in 24 hours, have charged people up to $250 per test.

One in five U.S. children with coronavirus may need hospital care: CDC

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Up to 20% of U.S. children infected by the novel coronavirus require hospitalization, with infants under age 1 most likely to be in that group, according to the government’s first in-depth analysis of the disease in the youngest patient population.

White House, experts clash over use of drug for coronavirus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday acknowledged that members of the task force dealing with the coronavirus crisis clashed over the efficacy of the malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, for use against the disease.

Three meat plants shut in Iowa and Pennsylvania as coronavirus outbreak spreads

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Major U.S. meat companies said on Monday they shut three facilities that produce pork and beef in Iowa and Pennsylvania in the latest disruption to the country’s food supply chain from the coronavirus outbreak.

Reduced meat output from the shutdowns threatens to tighten supplies of certain products at a time when demand is rising at grocery stores as the country battles COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

Abe declares state of emergency for 7 prefectures

Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures over the coronavirus outbreak.

Other than Tokyo, the declaration applies to the neighboring prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba, as well as Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures in western Japan, through May 6.

(Reuters) – Early data from U.S. states shows African Americans are more likely to die from COVID-19, highlighting longstanding disparities in health and inequalities in access to medical care, experts said.

6 am EST. An increase of 9,092 cases and 394 deaths since 7 pm last night. Death rate 5.54%

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Coronavirus: Canada’s medical chief finally tells public that masks can help prevent Covid-19 spreading

Dr Theresa Tam now says non-medical masks can be used by the general public to reduce the risk of infecting others

Previously reluctant to suggest masks for the general public, Tam says new evidence about asymptomatic transmission prompted the latest advice

750,000 people in North Carolina could be infected by June, warns state health official-CNN

If North Carolina stops social distancing at the end of April — as President Donald Trump and administration officials have pushed for — there could be 750,000 state residents infected by June, said state health officials.

U.S. CDC reports 330,891 coronavirus cases, 8,910 deaths-Reuters

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 330,891 cases of coronavirus, and said the number of deaths had risen to 8,910.

Outbreak shows signs of leveling off in New York, New Jersey, but vigilance urged

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The governors of New York, New Jersey and Louisiana pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak may be starting to plateau in their states but warned against complacency as the death toll nationwide approached 11,000.

Pregnant women with coronavirus don’t experience more severe illness than the general population, unlike in SARS and flu cases, study finds-CNN

Pregnant women don’t seem to be any more susceptible to severe symptoms of Covid-19, compared to the general population and they don’t seem to pass the infection onto their babies, according to a new study,

The small study was published Monday in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and looked at data from 43 pregnant women in New York who tested positive for Covid-19 over two weeks between March 13 and 27

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