Tuesday 12th May, UK, US and Global prospectives

COVID – 19, Tuesday 12th May

The novel SARS-CoV-2 is causing a global pandemic of COVID-19

United Kingdom
Cases, 224,332
32,141

Office for National Statistics
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19roundup/2020-03-26

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending1may2020

Week ending 1 May 2020, (week 18)
33,408 total deaths in England and Wales involving the coronavirus (COVID-19)
19,130 men
14,278 women

Unites States
1,347,936
80,684

Whitehouse staff wearing masksJAMA, COVID-19 and Racial/Ethnic Disparities, (11th May)

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766098?utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=051120

Chicago, cases per 100, 000 (as of May 6, 2020)
Latino, 1000
African American/black, 925
‘Other’ racial groups, 865
White, 389

Chicago, deaths per 100,000 residents
African American/black, 73
Latino, 36
White, 22

New York City, deaths per 100,000 (as of May 7, 2020)
Latino, 187
African American, 184
White, 93

Reasons
social and structural determinants of health
racism and discrimination
economic and educational disadvantages
health care access and quality
individual behaviour
biology
burden of underlying comorbidities, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, HIV, morbid obesity, liver disease, kidney disease
not for COPD
more crowded conditions, neighborhood and household
air quality
public-facing occupations
chronic stress
health insurance
poorer quality of care
inequitable distribution of testing
the digital divide
nutrition

Iran
Cases + 1,500 (Saturday) + 1,683 = 109,286
Deaths, 6,685
New case numbers increasing
Lifting some restrictions

Russia
Cases + 11,232 (Thursday) + 10,669 + 11,656 + 10,899 = 232,243
Deaths, + 94 = 2,009
8th day in a row with over 10,000 new cases
Increased testing

Moscow is an epicentre, lockdown extended in Moscow to May 31.
People must wear masks and gloves in public transport and shops

South Korea
Cases, 10,936
Deaths, 258 (2.3%)
34 more cases linked to nightclubs

India
Cases, + 4,080 = 71339
Deaths, 2,310
14% increase in cases in past 48 hours
Gradually restart rail operations from Tuesday
Mandatory passenger face covering
Screening at departure

Japan
Cases, 15,847
Deaths 633
Over 90 percent of Tokyo’s coronavirus hospital beds are occupied, (Health ministry)
Rest of the country stands ate 38% occupancy

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