Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

[Dylan]

May 6, 2020 12:22:35 GMT 1 Þórir said:

May 6, 2020 11:40:57 GMT 1 Dylan said:

 I mean they did shut off the whole country just as it was in China so its not impossible they avoided it but still

Still it's which is why I posted that lol

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May 6, 2020 12:22:35 GMT 1 Þórir said:

May 6, 2020 11:40:57 GMT 1 Dylan said:

 I mean they did shut off the whole country just as it was in China so its not impossible they avoided it but still

Yes and they disinfected the streets and public transports in Pyongyang just because they like cleanness.

[Grace]

UK look set to remove some of the current restrictions from Monday with a review today and a plan released on Sunday with the view of putting it in place from Monday with some restrictions lifted.
No word at the moment on what them restrictions will be and how they will be lifted yet though that all comes on Sunday.

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Update of the trend by countries (colors: red=situation got worse since my last post; green=getting better; blue=new country on the list)

- Exponential growth (the number of new cases grows everyday by a roughly constant rate): none.

- Accelerating (the number of new cases grows everyday but the growth rate is decreasing) with negative perspective (might become exponential growth): Afghanistan, Ghana, Honduras, RDC, El Salvador.

- Accelerating: Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Mexico, Pakistan, Chile, Bangladesh, Colombia, South Africa, Egypt, Kuwait, Algeria, Bahrain, Nigeria, Armenia, Bolivia, Sudan, Burkina Faso.

- Accelerating with positive perspective (the growth of the number of new cases seems to have stopped but it's still a bit soon for a conclusion): Russia, Peru, India, Qatar, UAE, Ukraine.

- Linear (the number of new cases is roughly constant) with negative perspective (more new cases have been seen recently but it's still a bit soon for a conclusion): Iran.

- Linear: UK, Canada, Sweden, Belarus, Indonesia, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Oman, Iraq, Cameroon, Azerbaijan, Guinea, Bulgaria, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Lebanon.

- Linear with positive perspective (the number of new cases is roughly constant or slowly decreasing for a quite long period or has decreased recently): USA, Turkey, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, Singapore, Japan,  Poland, Romania, Denmark, Serbia, Panama, Malaysia, Finland, Morocco, Moldova, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Bosnia, Cuba, North Macedonia, Cote d'Ivoire, Kyrghyzstan, Albania, Guatemala, Costa Rica.

- Decelarating with negative perspective (some recent indicators show that the epidemic could be stable at current level or rise again or the country has recently started its deconfinement while the epidemic was not under control): Germany. Austria, Niger.

- Decelerating: Spain, Italy, France, Israel, Norway, Czech Republic, Greece, Kosovo.

- Decelerating with positive perspective (the number of daily cases is continuously decreasing and is already at a quite low level): Switzerland, Croatia, Djibouti, Latvia, Cyprus.

- Extinction (the number of daily cases is very low and stable or decreasing): China, South Korea, Australia, Luxembourg, Thailand, Estonia, New Zealand, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Tunisia, Andorra.

- Extinction with positive perspective (no or almost no new daily cases and a small number of still active cases in the country): Iceland.

- Extinct: none.

I will add some comments for Italy: the epidemic is decelerating in every region of the country. Most of the new cases are located in Lombardia and Piemonte (especially in the provinces of Milan and Torino) but even there, including Milan and Torino, the number of new cases is finally slowing down.

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Update from Poland:
Since my last post, the government has introduced new regulations that have partially defrosted the Polish economy.

Since April 20th, 2020:

• more people can do shopping in the store at the same time (earlier, the number of people was dependent on the number of cash registers; now it depends on the store area),
• movement for recreational purposes is allowed,
  
• forests and parks are opened to people.

Since May 4th, 2020:

• shopping centers are open (there is a limit on the number of people who can be at the same time in the building), 
• hotels are open,
  
• libraries, art galleries and museums are open (however, their activities depend on the decisions of the governing bodies after consultation with the sanitary inspection).

Since May 6th, 2020:

• nurseries and kindergartens are open (it is up to the governing authority to open them)

In the spoiler below you'll find some data on the course of the epidemic in Poland.

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(clicking on the rectangles above will direct you to the charts of the selected issue)

[Grace]

UK has/is relaxing some of the restrictions over the next few weeks.
Today more people where aloud to return to work if they couldn't work from home for example construction workers.

From Wednesday you will be aloud to sunbath or have a picnic at a park and unlimited excises. You will also be able to meet up with one person from outside your house as long as you social distance.

As far as Schools go the government want to start reopening them from the start of June with Reception Year 1 and Year 6 been the first years to go back. Years 3-5 would follow soon after giving them a month back before the summer holidays. Years 10 and 12 might return for a bit as well but years 7-9 will most likely not return till September and years 11 and 13 will not return. This has a big impact on me as I work in an Infant school so work with Reception Year 1 and Year 2.

The exciting change for me though is water sports are back as long as you follow social distance rules so I can most likely get my Paddle board and Kayak out for the first time this season just waiting for the official go ahead from British Canoeing who cover my waterway insurance and licence but the government has said it is ok to go back out on the water. I would not be for this decision though if it was not for the fact I am a trained instructor of these sports.

[Grace]

Sorry there was a bit of an error in my post I meant to say England.

They seem to be doing their own thing compared to the rest of the UK so much for United Kingdom.

[SBINNALA]

Today

Lesotho has First covid 19 cases

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Update of the trend by countries (colors: red=situation got worse since my last post; green=getting better; blue=new country on the list)

- Exponential growth (the number of new cases grows everyday by a roughly constant rate): none.

- Accelerating (the number of new cases grows everyday but the growth rate is decreasing) with negative perspective (might become exponential growth): Egypt, Nepal.

- Accelerating: Brazil, India, Peru, Mexico, Qatar, Bangladesh, South Africa, Colombia, Philippines, Argentina, Afghanistan, Panama, Oman, Bolivia, Iraq, Cameroon, Azerbaijan, Djibouti, DRC, Gabon, Kenya, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, South Sudan, Nicaragua, Madagascar.

- Accelerating with positive perspective (the growth of the number of new cases seems to have stopped but it's still a bit soon for a conclusion): Iran, Chile, Nigeria, Armenia, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Zambia, CAR, Sierra Leone.

- Linear (the number of new cases is roughly constant) with negative perspective (more new cases have been seen recently but it's still a bit soon for a conclusion): Guinea, Somalia.

- Linear: Pakistan, Belarus, Ecuador, Sweden, UAE, Kuwait, Indonesia, Poland, Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan, Bahrain, Moldova, Ghana, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Cote d'Ivoire, North Macedonia, Kyrghyzstan, Maldives, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Albania, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Uruguay.

- Linear with positive perspective (the number of new cases is roughly constant or slowly decreasing for a quite long period or has decreased recently): USA, Russia, UK, Turkey, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Portugal, Ukraine, Romania, Algeria, Morocco, Malaysia, Finland, Hungary, Tajikistan, Senegal, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Cuba, Venezuela, Lebanon, Chad, Georgia, Jordan.

- Decelarating with negative perspective (some recent indicators show that the epidemic could be stable at current level or rise again or the country has recently started its deconfinement while the epidemic was not under control): Netherlands, Israel, South Korea, Czech Republic.

- Decelerating: Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium.

- Decelerating with positive perspective (the number of daily cases is continuously decreasing and is already at a quite low level): Ireland, Japan, Austria,Denmark, Serbia, Greece, Lithuania, Tunisia, Kosovo, Niger,

 Norway.

- Extinction (the number of daily cases is very low and stable or decreasing): Switzerland, Australia, Luxembourg, Thailand, Croatia, Estonia, Slovakia, Latvia, Cyprus, Andorra.

- Extinction with positive perspective (no or almost no new daily cases and a small number of still active cases in the country): China (104 remaining cases), Iceland (2 cases), New Zealand (1 case, no reported case in 9 days), Slovenia (8 cases).

- Extinct: none (among those on the list of countries with more cases than Diamond Princess).

[Þórir]

  - All virus free now
and have both now almost reached the extinction point after having very well controlled the outbreaks
and just seem to not be counting recoveries and as such no one has a clue how the real situation is in these

All I can say is I'm so proud of the Icelandic response and happy life should be approaching normality again very soon.
Unfortunately the UK should not be easing as it is tomorrow, all scientific advisers are saying it will be a terrible idea and thus I will listen to their advice and try to stay inside for a little longer.