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Coronaplague Roundup: Italy records 619 new #coronavirus #deaths, bringing the total number to 19,468
2020-04-12
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]



Demand for thermal cameras soars as corporations plan mass screenings for coronavirus symptoms in factories and offices

CDC warns the only way the US can return to normal is through 'aggressive' contact tracing - but it will require an 'army of healthcare workers'

This, courtesy of Clem:
Almost 1 in 10 Theodore Roosevelt sailors tested positive for COVID-19
Almost 10 percent of the crew of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
, while hundreds of test results remain to be reported, the Navy said Friday morning.Of the 92 percent of the crew that has been tested, 447 have tested positive for COVID-19. The Navy is awaiting results for 775 sailors and 339 have yet to be tested, according to a Navy official with knowledge of the tests.

The San Diego-based carrier has a total crew of roughly 4,845 service members, including its embarked air wing and command staff.

Is Beijing covering up a real death toll of tens of thousands? Shocking footage shows Chinese police beating back residents trying to flee epicentre of coronavirus outbreak

Courtesy of lord garth:
City in Germany [Gangelt] shows case fatality rate could be under 0.5%
Even though 2% of population of Gangelt (pop ~ 12k) had Wu per throat swab, blood test showed 15% infected. If this is true generally the lethality of the Wu is only a bit more than the seasonal flu, however the rate of infection is much more.
[Land.NRW] Around 2% of individuals exhibited a current SARS-CoV2 infection identified via PCR method. The infection rate (current or past infection) was approx. 15%. The lethality (case fatality rate) based on the total number of infected individuals in the municipality of Gangelt is, with the preliminary data from this study, approx. 0.37%. The current lethality in Germany calculated by Johns Hopkins University is 1.98%, and is thus five times higher. The mortality based on the total population in Gangelt currently amounts to 0.06.

Three shipments of medical gear, experimental drugs arrive in Israel
[IsraelTimes] Three shipments of medical equipment, protective gear and experimental pharmaceuticals have arrived in Israel from three separate countries, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. The shipments include 2.5 tons of anesthetics from Italy,
...suggesting Italy is doing much better...
2.4 million doses of the experimental antiviral drug chloroquine from India,
...tell that to those who call President Trump anti-science...
and millions of items of protective equipment including masks and suits from China.
...which if previous trends hold will be at least 80% unusable, although they consider Israel a desirable trading partner and source of future business acquisitions, so perhaps they’ll have been more careful in this case.

Posted by:Fred

#3  I've been thinking about the number of "recovered" patients who subsequently test positive. Isn't the PCR test (as opposed to the antibody test) performed using a throat swab? Would be easy to miss if there are viral reservoirs elsewhere in the body.
Posted by: Iblis   2020-04-12 16:55  

#2  From Fix News - U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released Sunday from a London hospital where he has battled coronavirus for nearly a week, according to officials.

Downing Street said the British prime minister will not immediately return to work and will instead recuperate at Chequers, his official country retreat in Buckinghamshire.
Posted by: Bobby   2020-04-12 11:27  

#1  suggesting Italy is doing much better

They still have almost 1/1 death to recovery rate.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-04-12 03:14  

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