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Hes basically counter intelligence at this point.
Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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Hes basically counter intelligence at this point.
India extends Covid-19 lockdown until end of May
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Brazil has soared to over 230,000, surpassing that of Spain and Italy which were once the epicentre of the pandemic, and making Brazil's outbreak the fourth largest in the world, according to official figures.
Obama slams US leadership over handling of pandemic
The former US President Barack Obama has severely criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald Trump.
Restrictions to be lifted in Ireland tomorrow:
www.rte.ie
At a glance: What restrictions are likely to be lifted?
The Government road map on easing the Covid-19 restrictions is due to start on Monday - the plan sets out five stages for unlocking restrictions, at three-week intervals.
royalblue66
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Was talking to a mate who was informed by his doctor to self isolate, which he has for about 8/9 weeks,he is a ST holder been going for 50years + and he said to me, "he doesn't think he will be going again to Goodison as he's scared of sitting by someone whose a carrier" bit sad that,his life ain't going to be the same, Just thought I would mention.
World Health Organization Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said there must be a system "of some kind of checks" being done in schools when they reopen to make sure Covid-19 does not spread.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, she said that is what local governments have to consider as schools reopen.
She said it would be important to monitor and keep track in the school setting "to pick up anything before it becomes unmanageable".
She said the risks of Covid-19 are "extremely low" among children and that there are not many cases of children transmitting to others in a school setting.
"Children don't seem to be getting severely ill but we do know they are capable of getting it. What we have noticed is where countries did not close schools, we have not seen big outbreaks".
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, she said that is what local governments have to consider as schools reopen.
She said it would be important to monitor and keep track in the school setting "to pick up anything before it becomes unmanageable".
She said the risks of Covid-19 are "extremely low" among children and that there are not many cases of children transmitting to others in a school setting.
"Children don't seem to be getting severely ill but we do know they are capable of getting it. What we have noticed is where countries did not close schools, we have not seen big outbreaks".
Surge continues in Russia:
Russia has recorded under 10,000 new cases for the third time this week, but fluctuating figures since the start of May suggest it is too early to detect a clear downward trend.
The country has the second highest number of infections in the world at 281,752.
Russian health authorities confirmed 9,709 new cases this morning. Two other days this week also saw fewer than 10,000 new cases.
The country also announced 94 new deaths, slightly down from Saturday's figure of 119 that was the highest daily toll yet.
Critics have cast doubt on Russia's low official mortality rate, accusing authorities of under-reporting deaths in order to play down the scale of the crisis.
Russian health officials say one of the reasons the count is lower is that only deaths directly caused by the virus are being included.
Authorities also say that since the virus came later to Russia, the country had more time to prepare hospital beds and launch wide-scale testing to slow its spread.
Russia has recorded under 10,000 new cases for the third time this week, but fluctuating figures since the start of May suggest it is too early to detect a clear downward trend.
The country has the second highest number of infections in the world at 281,752.
Russian health authorities confirmed 9,709 new cases this morning. Two other days this week also saw fewer than 10,000 new cases.
The country also announced 94 new deaths, slightly down from Saturday's figure of 119 that was the highest daily toll yet.
Critics have cast doubt on Russia's low official mortality rate, accusing authorities of under-reporting deaths in order to play down the scale of the crisis.
Russian health officials say one of the reasons the count is lower is that only deaths directly caused by the virus are being included.
Authorities also say that since the virus came later to Russia, the country had more time to prepare hospital beds and launch wide-scale testing to slow its spread.
tsubaki
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the headline and the sub-headline of that article seem even more at odds than George and Kellyanne Conway
It's a good job he's not counter counter intelligence or Patel would be on his case.
Meanwhile in China:
China faces a potential second wave of coronavirus infections due to a lack of immunity among its population, its government's senior medical advisor has warned.
After months of lockdowns and curbs on travel China has largely brought the virus under control, but fears of a second wave have risen as clusters have emerged in northeast provinces and in the central city of Wuhan.
"The majority of... Chinese at the moment are still susceptible of the Covid-19 infection, because (of) a lack of immunity," Zhong Nanshan, the public face of the government's response to the pandemic, said.
"We are facing (a) big challenge," Mr Zhong added. "It's not better than the foreign countries I think at the moment."
Zhong, who helped expose the scale of the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), also said authorities in ground-zero Wuhan had under-reported cases during the early days of the pandemic.
"The local authorities, they didn't like to tell the truth at that time," he said, who was part of a team of experts sent to Wuhan to investigate the outbreak.
"I didn't believe that result (the number of cases reported) so I (kept) asking and then, you have to give me the real number," he said.
But he added he believed data published after Wuhan was locked down in late January, and when the central government took control of the response, "will be correct".
He also cautioned that a "perfect" vaccine for a disease that the World Health Organization says may never disappear could take "years".
China faces a potential second wave of coronavirus infections due to a lack of immunity among its population, its government's senior medical advisor has warned.
After months of lockdowns and curbs on travel China has largely brought the virus under control, but fears of a second wave have risen as clusters have emerged in northeast provinces and in the central city of Wuhan.
"The majority of... Chinese at the moment are still susceptible of the Covid-19 infection, because (of) a lack of immunity," Zhong Nanshan, the public face of the government's response to the pandemic, said.
"We are facing (a) big challenge," Mr Zhong added. "It's not better than the foreign countries I think at the moment."
Zhong, who helped expose the scale of the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), also said authorities in ground-zero Wuhan had under-reported cases during the early days of the pandemic.
"The local authorities, they didn't like to tell the truth at that time," he said, who was part of a team of experts sent to Wuhan to investigate the outbreak.
"I didn't believe that result (the number of cases reported) so I (kept) asking and then, you have to give me the real number," he said.
But he added he believed data published after Wuhan was locked down in late January, and when the central government took control of the response, "will be correct".
He also cautioned that a "perfect" vaccine for a disease that the World Health Organization says may never disappear could take "years".
Testing capacity and turnaround times in Ireland:
The HSE has said it has achieved its two-day turnaround target time from swabbing to a lab result for Covid-19.
However, the average turnaround for swabbing to completion is now four days.
Speaking at the HSE's weekly media briefing, Paul Reid said that in hospitals the average turnaround time from swabbing to completion of contact tracing is three days, while in the community it is just over four days.
From Monday, there is a target to have the capacity to test 100,000 per week.
Forty-one labs are available to do tests, including a facility in Germany and Enfer Labs in Naas.
The HSE has said it has achieved its two-day turnaround target time from swabbing to a lab result for Covid-19.
However, the average turnaround for swabbing to completion is now four days.
Speaking at the HSE's weekly media briefing, Paul Reid said that in hospitals the average turnaround time from swabbing to completion of contact tracing is three days, while in the community it is just over four days.
From Monday, there is a target to have the capacity to test 100,000 per week.
Forty-one labs are available to do tests, including a facility in Germany and Enfer Labs in Naas.
Brazil:
www.rte.ie
India extends Covid-19 lockdown until end of May
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Brazil has soared to over 230,000, surpassing that of Spain and Italy which were once the epicentre of the pandemic, and making Brazil's outbreak the fourth largest in the world, according to official figures.
Not something ive seen mentioned much, but the agricultural sector being hit hard:
www.rte.ie
Food for thought: US livestock being killed and dumped
No doubt it is a similar situation in Ireland but right now here in the United States, a trip to the supermarket can be a bit of a guessing game when it comes to predicting which aisles will be empty and which will be well-stocked.
Cold War propaganda
Oh to have billions to lose.
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