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Lessons from Nigeria in Responding to Coronavirus
By Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Mar 20 2020 (IPS) Coronavirus is now a pandemic and the World Health Organization considers Europe as its new epicenter. Italy, Spain and France are on lockdown and several nations are banning travelers from countries where cases are on the rise.
But it’s a problem beyond Europe too, and governments in 61 countries have closed schools to slow the spread of the virus. In the U.S., President Trump recently declared a national emergency after the virus had spread to nearly every U.S. state, and he urged state governments to set up emergency operation centers immediately.
Most of these measur...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Africa Headlines Health Coronavirus Source Type: news
Coronavirus: Ten Reasons Why You Ought Not to Panic
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Excerpt: Ignacio López-Goñi is microbiologist and works in University of Navarra (Spain).
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ignacio Lopez Goni Tags: Global Headlines Health Coronavirus Source Type: news
How Can I Prevent Coronavirus? Should I Wear A Mask? And Other Questions
BOSTON (CBS) – The Centers for Disease control has cautioned that, based on current patterns, coronavirus is likely to become a global pandemic. With no approved vaccine or medication to treat it, that could ultimately result in overloaded healthcare systems.
What is a pandemic?
Simply put, a pandemic is a global, widespread outbreak of a new illness. Because it is new, people don’t have the ability to fight it and can be easily infected. The last pandemic to widely affect the United States was H1N1 flu in 2009. The worst pandemic in history was the Spanish flu outbreak in 1918 which killed 50 million people worldw...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - February 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Syndicated Local Coronavirus Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: US Senate leaders and White House reach stimulus deal as India locks down
UN urges G20 to adopt ‘wartime plan’; US risks becoming centre of pandemic, WHO warns; EU urged to evacuate refugees from Greek campsWhy the US has struggled to tackle a growing crisisUK coronavirus updates – liveAustralia coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage9.42amGMTOurUK-focused coronavirus and politics live blog is now online, anchored byAndrew Sparrow andLucy Campbell.As well as general UK coronavirus news lines they will be covering evidence from Prof Neil Ferguson, director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College, to the Commons science committee abou...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 25, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Damien Gayle (now) and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Australia news UK news Europe Infectious diseases Africa Middle East and North Africa US news Asia Pacific China Italy Spain Medical research Microbiology Science Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: WHO sees 'encouraging signs' in Europe despite Spain death toll passing 4,000
Spain says 655 people died overnight; India announces stimulus package; WTO warns economic impact will be worse than 2008Coronavirus latest – at a glanceUK coronavirus - live updatesMen are much more likely to die from Covid-19. But why?How did Spain get its coronavirus response so wrong?See all our coronavirus coverage2.18pmGMTTheRomanian writer and anti-communist dissident Paul Goma has died in Paris after contracting coronavirus. Goma, who was 84, was hospitalised a week ago and died in the early hours of Wednesday morning, his biographer told Romanian media outlets.Born in 1935, Goma first caught the attention of com...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 26, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Matthew Weaver (now) and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Infectious diseases Science Medical research Microbiology Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Spain records another drop in daily death toll as cases worldwide pass 1.85m
China reports highest daily cases in over five weeks: WHO official warns Covid-19 will ‘stalk’ human race; New York deaths slowSpain relaxes lockdown as daily coronavirus death toll falls to 517Half of coronavirus deaths happen in care homes, EU data suggestsUS coronavirus latest – live blogUK coronavirus latest – live blogCoronavirus latest: at a glance1.49pmBSTThe mayor of Moscow,Russia’s capital, has accused foreign bots of attacking a new electronic permit system meant to keep residents off the streets during the city’s anti-coronavirus lockdown,Andrew Roth reports from the city.The new site would give Musc...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Damien Gayle (now); Sarah Marsh and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Australia news Asia Pacific Europe Middle East and North Africa Science Infectious diseases Microbiology Medical research Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Trump suspends WHO funding as Denmark begins to reopen schools
US to investigate World Health Organization ’s response to crisis; global cases pass 1.98m with 126,000 deaths; France summons Chinese envoyTrump halts WHO funding over coronavirus ‘failure’UK coronavirus updates – liveAustralia coronavirus updates – liveCoronavirus latest: at a glanceSee all our coronavirus coverage8.39amBSTThe Japanese city of Osaka has issued anurgent plea for citizens to donate plastic raincoats to hospitals running short of protective gear for staff treating coronavirus patients, with some doctors resorting to wearing garbage bags.Japan last week imposed a state of emergency in Tokyo and six...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 15, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Jessica Murray (now) and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Science Infectious diseases Australia news Microbiology Medical research Europe Middle East and North Africa Asia Pacific US news UK news Spain Italy India Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Brazil Covid-19 cases near 1m as WHO hails steroid treatment 'hope'
Deaths worldwide near 500,000; US health expert says country is ‘still in first wave’;Argentinian president enters voluntary isolation amid coronavirus surge. Follow the latest updatesBeijing coronavirus outbreak: city raises emergency level and grounds hundreds of flightsBrazil cases near 1mWHO hails steroid treatment ‘hope’Spanish opera house reopens with concert for plantsSee all our coronavirus coverage1.17amBSTUki Go ñi reports for the Guardian from Buenos Aires:Argentina ’s president Alberto Fernández has gone into voluntary isolation amid growing concerns overa surge of coronavirus infections, including ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 18, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Helen Sullivan Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Science Infectious diseases UK news US news Australia news Microbiology Medical research Brazil Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Madrid officials backtrack after outrage over plans for 'immunity cards'
Spanish authoritieshad planned ‘immunity card’ for people who had tested positive for coronavirus; Hong Kong outbreak‘overwhelming’ medical system; pilgrims quarantinedin Mecca as hajj beginsTwenty-one US states declared ‘red zone’ for infection spikesItaly ‘walking a fine line’ on coronavirus infectionsVietnam on high alert as cases detected in major citiesUK coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage4.48pmBSTSpain diagnosed another 1,153 coronavirus infections in the past day, the health ministry said on Wednesday, as the country continues to struggle with a rapidly accelerating surge of...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 29, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Lucy Campbell (now); Kevin Rawlinson and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news UK news US news Australia news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
Coronavirus live updates: WHO warns protective gear 'rapidly depleting' amid recession fears
Spain confirms first death, as new cases identified in Europe, Africa, and South America. Follow the latest news.Full story: Iran struggles as coronavirus spreadsCoronavirus latest: at a glanceNinth person with coronavirus dies in Washington state as New York sees second caseFrom banknotes to handrails: 10 objects that help spread coronavirus2.09amGMTChina ’s services sector collapsed in February to its lowest level since the global financial crisis as the coronavirus lockdown wiped out demand for shopping, eating out and going to the cinema, a key survey showed on Wednesday local time.The Caixin/Markit services purchasi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 4, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Helen Sullivan Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Iran Infectious diseases Middle East and North Africa Microbiology Science World news Medical research World Health Organization Source Type: news
UK coronavirus: tests prioritised for NHS workers, 'not available on the internet next week' – as it happened
Rolling updates on all the UK developments, as they happened. This blog is now closed, please followthe global coronavirus liveblog6.20pmGMTFor more coronavirus updates, do read our global coronavirus live blog.Related:Coronavirus live news: global death toll passes 20,000, as Spain overtakes China as second worst-hit country6.18pmGMTHere are the main points fromBoris Johnson’s press conference. His headline announcement related to the NHS “volunteer army”, but what was equally interesting was the defensiveness that seems to be creeping in to his public statements about coronavirus. He did not have a proper answer at...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 25, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Sparrow and Lucy Campbell Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Politics UK news Boris Johnson PMQs Jeremy Corbyn House of Commons Prince Charles Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Spain's PM to ask for lockdown extension as deaths top 20,000
China pushes ‘comprehensive’ economic reopening; first virus case in Syria’s northeast; Germany says pandemic ‘under control’. Follow latest updatesPPE including gowns and masks running out, admits UK governmentCoronavirus ‘under control’ in GermanyCoronavirus latest: at a glanceUS coronavirus updates – liveAustralia coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage9.21pmBSTNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family must wait for another day to find out if her temporary release for a prison inIran has been extended.The British-Iranian mother was temporarily released from Evin prison in Tehran in re...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 18, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Slawson (now); Simon Murphy andRebecca Ratcliffe (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Trump administration Europe UK news Infectious diseases Science US news Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: German infection rate back at 1.0; Turkey sends medical equipment to US
Germans told to stay home as much as possible; some New Zealanders going back to work; Trump renews attack on China over virusFrance and Spain expected to announce easing of lockdownsWhat ’s a pulse oximeter and can it tell if I have Cvovid-19?Coronavirus latest: at a glanceUK coronavirus news - live updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage12.29pmBSTLuxembourg has announced an ambitious plan to test its entire population for coronavirus in a single month,L ’Essential reports.The government of the small, landlocked European country says it will begin the testing programme from 19 May.12.08pmBSTThese are the latest headli...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 28, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Damien Gayle (now); Jessica Murray and Naaman Zhou (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Infectious diseases Science US news Europe Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: pandemic threatens future of eurozone; Spain extends state of emergency again
Donald Trumpbacktracks on threat to wind down Covid-19 taskforce; Germany launches ‘emergency brake’ to stop local flare-upsCoronavirus threatens future of eurozoneAngela Merkel reins in German states with lockdown easing rulesUK coronavirus updates – liveUS coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage8.30pmBSTMexico ’s president has claimed reports of violence against women have not increased during a nationwide lockdown, despite official data showing an increase in instances of physical abuse.Domestic violence is rising across Latin America, with strict limits on movement to curb the spread of the...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 6, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Kevin Rawlinson (now); Jessica Murray, Simon Murphy and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Science Infectious diseases Australia news UK news US news Microbiology Medical research Americas Africa Middle East and North Africa Asia Pacific China Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Paris due to unveil tighter restrictions; record weekly rise in global cases
Paris move would followcurbs in other French cities; world reportsjust under two million Covid-19 cases in one weekGlobal report: Trump calls 200,000 US coronavirus deaths ‘a shame’US reaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths, highest in worldFollow new restrictions or risk a second lockdown, Johnson warns UKWeekly number of new cases at highest level, says WHOUK coronavirus updates – live10.11amBSTTravel restrictions around Europe aimed at curbing coronavirus contagion ravaged Spain ’s tourism industry during the crucial month of August, depriving it of millions of tourists.The occupancy rate in Spanish hotels fell 64% l...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 23, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nazia Parveen (now) and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news UK news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
