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Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include:
Global death toll exceeds 300,000
The global death toll for Covid-19 exceeded 300,000, with nearly 4.5 million people infected. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, at least 300,074 people have died as a result of the outbreak, and there are 4,405,688 confirmed cases worldwide.
It is important to note that the actual death toll is believed to be much higher than the figure compiled from government figures.
Sanofi will no longer give priority to the US. USA If you develop a vaccine
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has followed up on a promise to prioritize the U.S. market if the company develops a coronavirus vaccine. Company CEO Paul Hudson sparked controversy by saying the United States had “the right to the largest pre-order because it has invested in taking the risk.”
The United States Department of Health and Human Services has paid Sanofi $ 30 million, Hudson said. But French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said the principle that everyone has equal access to a potential vaccine is “non-negotiable.”
Almost 600,000 Australians have lost their jobs during the pandemic
Almost 600,000 Australians lost their jobs between March and April, unemployment increased to 6.2%, the underemployment rate increased by 4.9 points to 13.7% and the underutilization rate increased by 5.9 points to 19.9%.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the numbers were “shockingly shocking, but not entirely unexpected.”
Doctors in Italy and France report an increase in rare inflammatory syndrome related to coronavirus
Doctors in northern Italy, one of the areas most affected by the coronavirus, and in France have reported spikes in cases of a rare inflammatory syndrome in young children that seems similar to one reported in the US. USA, Great Britain and Spain, according to a report in the Lancet.
The condition shares symptoms with toxic shock and Kawasaki disease, such as fever, skin rashes, swollen glands, and, in severe cases, heart inflammation.
Donald Trump visits a mask distribution center without wearing a mask
Donald Trump toured a mask distribution center in Pennsylvania political state Thursday, but without wearing a mask.
Trump, who is running for re-election in November, has resisted wearing a mask in public despite his administration’s guide to Americans to wear them and new White House rules requiring staff to wear them in the job.
Concern grows in Rohingya refugee camps after man tests positive for Covid-19
A Rohingya man has become the first person to test positive for Covid-19 in the large refugee camps in Bangladesh that are home to nearly a million people, authorities said Thursday.
Local health coordinator Abu Toha Bhuiyan initially said that two refugees had been isolated. The World Health Organization later said that one case was from a Rohingya man, and the other was from a local man who lived near the camp and was being treated at a clinic within the area.
36 million Americans are now unemployed and another 3 million applied for benefits
The latest figures from the Labor Department show that the claims rate is slowing, but the record pace of layoffs has already brought unemployment to levels never seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Mental health problems caused by the pandemic must be urgently addressed
Governments, health authorities and civil society groups must urgently address the mental health problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, said the UN secretary general.
Launching a briefing on mental health policy during the outbreak, António Guterres said that “the Covid-19 pandemic is now hitting families and communities with additional mental stress.”
Meanwhile, in Australia, the national cabinet has made mental health issues its top priority and they are potentially incorporating a new mental health plan and seeking to boost support services.
A quarter of Covid-19 patients who died in England had diabetes
A quarter of Covid-19 patients who died in hospitals in England had diabetes, according to figures published by NHS England.
First-published data breaks down coronavirus deaths from pre-existing conditions. Of the 22,332 patients who died since March 31, when pre-existing conditions began to be reported, 5,873 (26%) had diabetes, while 4,048 (18%) had dementia. 3,254 (15%) were reported to have chronic lung disease.
