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...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...cases is "stabilizing" across the country and that the United States is close to the virus’ "peak."
The CDC has been largely on the sidelines during the coronavirus pandemic as the nation’s infections disease experts take the lead in helping President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
manage the crisis. The CDC has been focused on issuing guidelines for "social distancing" and self-protection for Americans looking to prevent or slow the spread of coronavirus in their states and cities.
The agency has been tracking coronavirus numbers, Redfield told Fox & Friends Monday, and he and other CDC experts believe the pandemic has "stabilized," especially in "hot zones" like New York City.
"I think we’ve really stabilized across the country," Redfield said. "We’re still seeing a small rate of increase in the range of 5 to 6 percent, as opposed to where we were before when it was 20 percent, 30 percent per day; but we are close."
Redfield added that once the day-over-day numbers begin coming down, authorities can begin discussing how to reopen the country and ease coronavirus-related lockdowns. That moment could come as early as this week.
"We’re stabilized and I anticipate that we will begin to see a decline in the days ahead, but we have got to just continue to take it day by day and look at the data," he continued. "We’re going to need to reopen gradually in a thoughtful, prudent way, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, based on the data about what’s the state of transmission of this virus in those areas."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: Three-day average of total hospitalized, net change in ICU admissions and net change of intubations are all down. https://t.co/dmzYiRBSLz pic.twitter.com/RkKCPGDwh6
— ABC News (@ABC) April 13, 2020
COVID-19 is 10 times deadlier than swine flu, WHO says
[IsraelTimes] The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, also called H1N1, which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization says.
“We know that COVID-19 spreads fast, and we know that it is deadly, 10 times more deadly than the 2009 flu pandemic,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells a virtual briefing from Geneva.
He also calls for control measures to be lifted “slowly.”
States Move to Coordinate on Reopening Plans
[WSJ] Trump says federal government—not governors—will make the final call on sending Americans back to work and reopening closed businesses.
Two groups of governors said they would coordinate efforts to gradually reopen businesses and ease social-distancing guidelines, even as President Trump said he had the ultimate authority over when to restart the economy. The announcements by the governors on the East and West Coasts come after a decline in daily U.S. infection rates in recent days has prompted some officials to express cautious optimism that infections may be hitting a plateau as mitigation efforts take hold.
University Of Chicago Begins Studying Plasma From Recovered Coronavirus Patients
Mt. Sinai Doctor Gambles On Clot-Busting Drug To Save Virus Patients
South Dakota Implements Statewide Hydroxychloroquine Clinical Trial
Study: Two-Thirds Of Patients Showing Improvement After Treatment With Remdesivir
Belgium's Coronavirus Death Rate Surpasses Italy's
[Reason] [UPDATE, Apr. 13, 2020, 7:45 pm: The Italy count has gone up to 338 during the day because of newly reported data, so Belgium is still barely behind Italy, but given Belgium's and Italy's pace (Belgium has recently been having more than half as many daily coronavirus deaths as Italy, with 1/5 of the population of Italy), it seems certain that tomorrow Belgium will surpass Italy for good.]
I don't know why this is happening (different initial infection patterns? different containment policies? different treatment policies? different healthcare quality? different reporting practices?), but I thought I'd note it. Spain is at 374 deaths per million, Belgium at 337, Italy at 329, France at 221, UK at 167, Netherlands at 165 (Worldometer data). By way of comparison, US is at 67.
Spain virus deaths continue to fall
[IsraelTimes] The coronavirus death toll in Spain continues to fall, with 517 fatalities registered Monday, down from 619 deaths on Sunday and way down from the peak of 950 deaths recorded on April 2.
The total death toll in the country now stands at 17,489, with 169,496 confirmed cases and 64,727 recovered from COVID-19.
The death toll does not include unconfirmed cases at senior-living facilities and people who have died at home and the real number of fatalities from the disease is believed to be much higher.
Spain cautiously begins sending some back to work
[IsraelTimes] Spanish authorities are letting some workers begin to return to their jobs, but Health Minister Salvador Illa says the government will move carefully on allowing others to end their self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Spanish government, looking to get the economy moving again, has allowed workers to return to some factory and construction jobs. But retail stores and services must remain closed and office workers have to keep working from home.
Britain records 717 new deaths, bringing total to 11,329
[IsraelTimes] Britain says 717 people have died of the novel coronavirus in the past day, continuing a downward trend as the country’s leaders are set to mull easing some lockdown restrictions. The new toll brings the country’s total to 11,329. Friday and Saturday both saw death tolls over over 900, while Sunday’s toll dropped to 737.
Italy virus deaths surpass 20,000
[IsraelTimes] Italy’s civil protection service reports 566 new deaths, taking Italy’s fatalities total to 20,465 — officially second in the world behind the United States.
But a drop in patients in intensive care from a peak of 4,068 on April 3 to 3,260 on Monday confirms a general improvement in Italy’s COVID-19 trends. The rise in new infections dropped to a new low of just two percent.
Coronavirus: Russia surpasses 20,000 cases
[Jpost] Russia on Tuesday reported 2,774 new cases of the coronavirus, a record daily rise, bringing its overall nationwide tally to 21,102, the country's coronavirus response centre said. It said 170 people in Russia diagnosed with the virus have now died, an overnight rise of 22.