Coronavirus: International Updates

[JollyGood]

Updated: 14th May 2020:

Coronavirus Data

Confirmed Cases: 4,383,360

Deaths: 298,295

Recovered: 1,564,805

Data correct at 14th May 2020
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Australia
- Grand Prix cancelled. McLaren Racing Team member tests positive

Belgium
- government warns pets at risk after cat diagnosed with coronavirus

Canada
- Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in self-isolation. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (his wife) tests positive

Chile
- Chile declares 90 day state of emergency

Germany
- Chancellor Angela Merkel in self-isolation

India
- one 'super spreader' quarantines 40,000 people over 20 villages

Ireland
- all schools and colleges closed

Nepal
- all of its Himalayan peaks closed (including Mount Everest)

Philippines
- Philippines mission to the United Nations is the first known case at the UN headquarters in New York

Portugal
- Portugal declares state of emergency
- 642 confirmed cases of Covid-19

Rwanda
- first coronvirus case confirmed

Spain
- death toll in Spain increases from 47 to 84
- la giga football games suspended for two weeks
- Begoña Gómez the wife of Spanish Prime Minister test positive

United Kingdom
- Nadine Dorries (a government junior health minister) tests positive
- Scotland has first coronavirus death
- England has 10 more deaths. Total death toll in UK is 21
- Grand National horse race on 4th April cancelled
- Schools to close from 20th March
- McDonalds closed all 1,270 outpets
- Nandos closed nearly 400 outlet
- Costa Coffee, Itsu suhsi Subway outlets close their UK branches
- Prince Charles tests positive
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive

USA
- actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus in Australia
- Trump tests negative for coronavirus
- UK and Ireland added to list of countries banned from travel to US along with full Schengen Area (Europe)

United Nations
- first known case at UN headquarters (in New York)

European Union
- European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive

Travel
- Jet2 airlines cancel all flights to Spain, Balearic Islands & Canary Islands

Sport
- Tennis: ATP Tour postponed ALL play for six weeks
- Tennis: French Open postponed until September
- Football: UEFA postpones all European competitions including the champions league and Europa league
- Football: German Bundesliga suspended until 2nd April
- Football: UEFA postpones Euro 2020 until summer 2021
- Football: Copa America postponed until 2021
- Football: English football suspension extended from 4th April until 30 April
- Football: Paulo Dybala and Paolo Maldini test positive



More updates will be added..

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[Cnut237]

It might be useful keeping an eye on China, too. Cases in the rest of the world are increasing dramatically, and all sorts of cancellations and quarantines are being put in place... but new cases in China are slowing dramatically. Might give an indication of how things will pan out in other countries that adopt similar travel restrictions.

[akram143]

Trump restricted travel from USA to 26 European countries for the next 30 days and it will be implemented from Friday mid night.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/20200312-trump-announces-emergency-coronavirus-measures-30-day-suspension-of-us-europe-flights

[JollyGood]

It might be useful keeping an eye on China, too. Cases in the rest of the world are increasing dramatically, and all sorts of cancellations and quarantines are being put in place... but new cases in China are slowing dramatically. Might give an indication of how things will pan out in other countries that adopt similar travel restrictions.

Yes you are right, as soon as I read something worthwhile from China I will update the thread.

I wonder when we will start seeing the eventual decline in numbers internationally that are getting infected.

Trump restricted travel from USA to 26 European countries for the next 30 days and it will be implemented from Friday mid night.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/20200312-trump-announces-emergency-coronavirus-measures-30-day-suspension-of-us-europe-flights

Yes I read about that yesterday. He has suspended all flights from the schengen zone (the UK is not part of it) so flights between the UK and the USA are not affected... yet. Does he actually have any contingency plan to bring back US citizens that will be stranded in the schengen zone as a result of his executive order?

[Cnut237]

I wonder when we will start seeing the eventual decline in numbers internationally that are getting infected.

I think this depends in large part on how pro-active governments are in implementing quarantine protocols and sensible isolation procedures. The problem is they tend to be reactive, and only issue instructions once there is an outbreak... not so sensible when this thing has at least a 5 day incubation period before symptoms present. If there is a major outbreak in an area, and you then block travel, that means you've already had 5 days minimum of infected people travelling out of the area and spreading the contagion. Governments really need to step up here, they need to implement safeguards sooner rather than later, and take the short-term economic hit.

[Artemis3]

I will be trying to update this thread with some news about how the coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting people around the world

12th March 2020:

- Ireland: all schools and colleges closed
- Spain: death toll in Spain increases from 47 to 84
- Spain: La Liga football games suspended for two weeks
- US actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus in Australia
- Tennis: ATP Tour postponed ALL play for six weeks


More updates will be added..

I saw the Spain president talking and they suspended anything were crowds could gather, such as theaters, museums etc; its not just football.

In Venezuela Maduro declared a national health emergency and stopped flights coming from Europe and Colombia; also any events with crowds are forbidden (conveniently today was another opposition gathering, but who cares).

Colombia declared national health emergency
Ecuador declared national health emergency
El Salvador declared Orange Alert
Bolivia declared national emergency
Panama declared national emergency

[Kuffy]

I don't believe that the simple reporting of numbers is very useful. What we need to know is the cause of death in people infected with the virus, and their health history before contracting the virus.

[franky1]

I don't believe that the simple reporting of numbers is very useful. What we need to know is the cause of death in people infected with the virus, and their health history before contracting the virus.

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION DEATH RATE
Cardiovascular disease 10.5%
Diabetes 7.3%
Chronic respiratory disease 6.3%
Hypertension 6.0%
Cancer 5.6%

[Saltius]

It might be useful keeping an eye on China, too. Cases in the rest of the world are increasing dramatically, and all sorts of cancellations and quarantines are being put in place... but new cases in China are slowing dramatically. Might give an indication of how things will pan out in other countries that adopt similar travel restrictions.

Many methods that China took are very extreme and even considered human right violation.

Don't think major western countries could take all of them.

If one don't want to learn from China, then do consider South Korea.
It may be a proper sample for democratic countries.

[JollyGood]

Updated with more news including the UN headquarter having its first known case. The wife of Canadian PM tests positive for coronavirus and the Australian Grand Prix is cancelled.

[akram143]

Indian premeier league IPL postponed until Aug 15 and have high chance for completely cancelled in this year.Sad news for cricket fans.

Number of confirmed cases in India 81 and one person died whose age is 75.

[countryfree]

250 deaths in a single day in Italy!

https://www.corriere.it/salute/20_marzo_13/coronavirus-italia-17660-casi-1266-morti-bollettino-13-marzo-15b1622c-654a-11ea-86da-7c7313c791fe.shtml

That's more than 10 people dying every hour.

[Artemis3]

Argentina declared national health emergency
1 Confirmed in Trinidad & Tobago (Caura)
2 Confirmed in Venezuela (Miranda)
Italy has over 1000 deaths...

Remember: Each confirmed case, is a person that has been spreading it around for up to two weeks without knowing...
Symptoms only show up after about 11 days.

[eliteeservices]

This is a great resource with links to maps, guides, research, and more - trying to update it as much as possible while prepping, which is not easy with kids! 

https://globalintelhub.com/survival-guide-coronavirus-2020-pandemic/

[JollyGood]

Scotland has its first coronavirus death. London marathon has been postponed from April to October. Lots of European football has been postponed. Lots more to come in further updates...

[eliteeservices]

oh my this is really creepy https://globalintelhub.com/how-cov-biowar-by-japan-uk-israel-hit-the-world-military-games-part-12/

[Juggy777]

Scotland has its first coronavirus death. London marathon has been postponed from April to October. Lots of European football has been postponed. Lots more to come in further updates...

@JollyGood football activities across Spain, Germany and England has now been suspended till April, and it’s quiet possible that the remaining matches may also be called off in all the countries mentioned above. Furthermore It’s pertinent to note that Arteta (Arsenal head coach), and Calsum Odoi (Chelsea winger) have tested positive for this and the situation seems really bad at this moment.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2020/mar/13/premier-league-and-british-football-set-for-shutdown-due-to-coronavirus-live

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-coronavirus-updates-sec-acc-big-ten-suspend-all-sports-related-activities/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8109875/Bundesliga-suspended-April-2-coronavirus-pandemic.html

https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2020-03-13/European-sport-struggles-as-Spain-s-top-football-league-suspended-OOg0jkH8zu/index.html

https://www.givemesport.com/1554614-mikel-arteta-has-tweeted-after-being-diagnosed-with-coronavirus

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/I-am-doing-well-Callum-Hudson-Odoi-after-testing-positive-for-Coronavirus-893719

[Tash]

Some good news
South Korea reports more recoveries than coronavirus cases for the first time
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-more-recoveries-than-coronavirus-cases-for-the-first-time-idUKKBN210051?utm_source=reddit.com

Many Italians in Northern Italy sold their leather goods and textiles companies to China. Italy then allowed 100000 Chinese from Wuhan/Wenzhou to move to Italy to work in these factories, with direct Wuhan flights.
Result: Northern Italy is Europe hotspot.

[fortunecrypto]

Some good news
South Korea reports more recoveries than coronavirus cases for the first time
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-more-recoveries-than-coronavirus-cases-for-the-first-time-idUKKBN210051?utm_source=reddit.com

Well that's good it just show that Korean has a good facilities and they have really out a big fire out, I hope other countries can keep up and release more patients coming from recoveries, I read one news that this virus is going to stay to us for a longer period of time, and this is a big reason why we should take care of ourselves and improve our immune system to combat the virus.

[LTU_btc]

Lithuania announced two weeks nationwide quarantine. It means that borders are closed, all shops, pubs, restaurantswill be closed, except pharmacies and groceries. There is 9 cases of virus right now, infected people came from Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Denmark. One women already recovered and was released from hospital.
https://lietuva.lt/en/lithuanias-response-to-covid-19/
While things in Europe looks terrible, especially in Italy where virus spread very fast, there is some positive signs in China, number of virus stopped to grow.