World Health Organisation reports largest single-day increase in cases

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World Health Organisation reports largest single-day increase in cases
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3090001/coronavirus-world-health-organisation-reports

Don’t think that Victorian and New South Wales are over cautious in relaxing the restrictions. It is true that these states are still very low in confirmed cases and fatality, no one should be complacent and take things for granted.

Within the linked report is a table showing the various countries’ cases and deaths in different countries,

High infection rate may be a rough guide to the severity, but the actual number of deaths give a more disturbing story,

The ranking of number of deaths of various countries extracted is shown below:

• USA
• Brazil
• UK
• Italy
• France

I am very surprised with the cases in France, and I shall research a bit more about the country.

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World Health Organisation reports largest single-day increase in cases

Monday’s easing of restrictions postponed after alarming virus spike

Posted to Facebook on 20/6/2020 at 9:30 PM

World Health Organisation reports largest single-day increase in cases
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/five-guests-in-your-home-victorian-restrictions-tightened-20200620-p554j5.html

I always suspect a second wave of Coronavirus attack would occur. My greatest fear of a big surge is when air travel resume ferrying inbound travellers from countries like US, UK, Sweden, Italy, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, etc. There are many infection hotspots around the world, but the number of travellers arriving from these places are not in large numbers.

So far the number of school children being infected is still very small, but that may not necessary mean that a surge may not take place. The recent cases that prompted the Premier to reimpose stricter rule dropping the number of visitors from 10 to 5 is a clear indication his and experts concern of a worse outbreak.

Most young people think that they are tough and invincible. They don’t believe they will die from the infection because statistics tells them so. However, they forget that if they become infected and display no symptom, does not mean that they can’t do a great deal of damage to the people they are in contact with, including their friends, spouses, parents, colleagues, and unknown people.

Please do take care and observe social distancing.

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Monday’s easing of restrictions postponed after alarming virus spike

5 reasons the coronavirus hit Italy so hard

5 reasons the coronavirus hit Italy so hard

https://theconversation.com/5-reasons-the-coronavirus-hit-italy-so-hard-134636

At this point in time, more than 2,000 people in the United States infected with the coronavirus have died, while in Italy, more than 10,000 people.

There are 5 reasons the coronavirus hit Italy so hard

1. Lots of old people
In 2018, 22.6% of its population was 65 or over, among the highest proportions in Europe, while Australia is 15.7%.

2. Close proximity
Hugs and cheek-kisses are common not just among family members but also friends and even work colleagues.

3. Dense population
Italy has an average density of 533 people per square mile, while the U.S. has 94.. However, it is nowhere close to Singapore - 21,646 people per mile.

4. Northern Italy is a business hub
Milan, in northern Italy, is the country’s financial capital, and has close trade and educational connections with China.

5. Massive number of cases
With far fewer people, Italy’s infection rate is much higher than China’s.

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5 reasons the coronavirus hit Italy so hard

Coronavirus confusion Chinese masks for Italy end in Czech Republic

Coronavirus confusion Chinse masks for Italy end in Czech Republic

Yesterday I communicated via Messenger with a FB friend, a resident from Rome and currently staying in Austria to look after her 90 year old mother while the pandemic is on. The city is in lockdown, schools and universities are shut down. Workers do not get paid or receive any assistance from the government.

Her neighbour and friends in Rome are fine, staying at home. For those with a garden, they can catch up with some spring gardening. Some of them reckon the large number of infections in Italy is due to Italians go out to coffee several times a day, and kiss each other on the right and left cheeks.

Austria donated 300,000 masks to China at the start of coronavirus outbreak, and in return for such gesture, China sent 600,000 masks and other medical equipment to Austria.

As for the linked article, I don't intend to comment on or speculate about how masks donated by China to Italy ended in Czech Republic.

I like to get actual account from people living overseas. It is difficult to authenticate information from secondary source.

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Coronavirus confusion Chinese masks for Italy end in Czech Republic

Italian doctors saw 'strange pneumonia' in Lomabrdy in November

Italian doctors saw 'strange pneumonia' in Lombardy in November
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076334/coronavirus-strange-pneumonia-seen-lombardy-november-leading

It is mind boggling that Lombardy of Northern Italy could be the place where coronavirus originated.

Giuseppe Remuzzi, the director of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan, said in an interview that some general practitioners remembered seeing very strange pneumonia, particularly severe in old people in November.

Remuzzi said it was only recently that he had heard from Italian doctors about the disease, which meant it had existed and been spreading without people’s knowledge.

According to a report from China, the first Chinese case might have been as early as mid-November.

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Italian doctors saw 'strange pneumonia' in LOmbrdy in November