The Covid-19 spread throughout the world has been fast. Almost 96 thousand are now infected in 6 continents. As an infected person coughs or sneezes, the droplets containing the viruses can land on any surface. The virus can survive on a smooth surface for as long as 9 days and transfer to the next person…
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Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 5, 2020
This page will update all day. Check frequently to be updated. Click on the ads to help support the website. Click on the headlines to get to the full report. As more tests are done, the percentage of serious and death rates will decrease. The articles in blue are original articles by me. Just published today:…
Acceptable Hand Sanitizers You May not Know
During the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a shortage of hand sanitizers and rubbing alcohol. The good news is that there are alternatives. The following is obtained from a CDC article, Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Ways to disinfect the hands Alcohols Alcohols containing 60-95% are most effective, and…
Covid-19 Headlines Mar 4, 2020
This page will update all day. Check frequently to be updated. Click on the ads to help support the website. As more tests are done, the percentage of serious and death rates will decrease. The articles in blue are original articles by me. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Brand new articles…
What Happens to Critically-ill Covid-19 patients?
A paper published in Lancet, Clinical course and outcomes of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Wuhan, China, described 52 seriously ill with the Covid-19. Sars-CoV-2 is the same virus as Covid-19. It is the term science journals use for Covid-19. The Rapid Spread of Covid-19 Covid-19 is a new coronavirus. Being a new strain,…
Coronavirus Headlines Mar 3, 2020
This page will update all day. Check frequently to be updated. As more tests are done, the percentage of serious and death rates will decrease. Many governments are afraid to test and reveal the true number of cases thinking that it will cause panic in their population. However, as the percentage of serious cases…
Covid-19 Headlines Mar 2, 2020
Cases tops 89,000. Six US deaths all in the Seattle are, First cases for Malaysia, Tunisia, Senegal, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, New Hampshire, New York State, and Indonesia, Total deaths exceeding 3,000. Record days again for South Korea and Italy. Dow Jones bounces back. The death rate or case fatality rate is the number of…
Covid-19 Headlines March 1, 2020
The new coronavirus does not take a Sunday off. Today is busy with a record number of cases in the UK, South Korea, Spain, France, Iran, Italy, and Japan. The Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Scotland, Rhode Island, and Armenia reported their first documented cases. Thailand and Australia mark their first death. Factories remaining shut…
Covid-19 Headlines Feb 29, 2020
This post will be updating the whole day. Keep up to date. If you know someone who does not believe in the epidemic, Is the Covid-19 epidemic Fake News? Covid-19 Headlines Don’t Test, Don’t Tell – Epsilon Theory But the CDC refuses to test for COVID-19. Why? Because it didn’t fit their “criteria” for testing. They didn’t…
The Secondary Attack Rate of Covid-19
Covid-19 is rapidly spreading globally. A paper published yesterday in Lancet, Secondary attack rate, and super covering events for SARS-CoV-2, gave us a specific number of how fast Covid-19 can spread. SARS-CoV-2 is another name for Covid-19 and is used in science journals. The paper was made by Yang Liu and Rosalind Eggo of the…
Covid-19 Headlines Feb 28, 2020
7:26 pm EST. I just published tonight a short read: The Secondary Attack Rate of Covid-19 The Covid-19 epidemic has continued to spread. The death rate is now at 3.4% worldwide. However, with the continued spread by asymptomatic patients, we can be sure that cases will continue to increase. Covid-19 headlines show the new virus…
Not enough U.S. hospital beds once Covid-19 epidemic is full-blown
The Covid-19 virus is already on six continents. The primary reasons are ease of travel, easily crossed borders, and asymptomatic carriers that can have the virus and spread it for at least 7 days and as long as 14 to 27 days. As of today, more than 82,000 cases and 2,772 deaths have been recorded….
Covid-19 Headlines Feb 27, 2020
The detection of a new Covid-19 case in Northern California with no travel links from known epidemic areas and no connection with detected cases typify the spread of Covid-19 by asymptomatic carriers. Germany and Japan, two of the most modern countries are resigned to the fact that the spread is beyond their control. Covid-19 Headlines…
Covid-19 Headlines Feb 26, 2020
0 Covid-19 continues to spread. Asymptomatic carriers can spread the virus unknowingly for as long as 14 days. During that time, that carrier can be in a shrine in Qom, Iran, a church in South Korea, Mardi Gras in Louisiana or in the Venice Carnival in Italy and infect several people who then will bring…
6 Ways Exercise Protects against Infections
There is a rapidly spreading strain of coronavirus called SARS-Cov-2. It is a new strain of coronavirus which cause the disease called Covid-19. New viruses could infect more people because there is no immunity to it. With the rapid spread of the virus, we must prepare ourselves to prevent getting sick from it. Washing the…
Covid-19 Headlines Feb 25, 2020
The fear about the rapid spread of the Covid-19, formerly known as the 2019-nCoV for new coronavirus, from Asia to Europe and the Middle East rocked the stock market yesterday. Leading to the drop of the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 1,000 points. There are many concerns about the ability to contain the spread of…
Covid-19 Headlines Feb 24, 2020
The novel coronavirus is rapidly spreading. It is a force of nature like hurricanes, tsunamis, and typhoons. The difference is that the viral epidemics don’t announce themselves coming like the strong winds or the dark clouds from a coming storm. We have Covid-19 news from all over the world, and from that, we can see…
Covid-19 Headlines Feb 23, 2020
The new coronavirus started in Wuhan, China, and has now spread all over the world. The coronavirus is known by different names. First, it was called the Wuhan flu, then the Wuhan pneumonia, then the 2019-novel coronavirus that is shortened to 2019-nCoV. Finally, the World Health Organization named it the Covid-19 to represent coronavirus disease…
Study: Pregnant Moms Do Not Transmit Covid-19 to their Babies
The 2019-new coronavirus is now called Covid-19. It has infected almost 78 thousand people and caused death in more than two thousand people. In scientific circles and medical circles, the Covid-19 is called SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus. The 2 is because it shares similarities with the original SARS that caused…
Are Asians More Prone to Get the Covid-19?
The vast majority of the cases and deaths (76,776 and 2,247) of the Covid-19 pandemic is in China. Covid-19, previously known as the 2019-novel coronavirus, can lead to severe pneumonia, especially among the elderly with many other medical problems. The Covid-19 virus is known to stick to the cells of the lungs. The way they…