What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday 10th August

08/11/2020 Health, Sports, World


Months later, the teenager – who plans to audition for prestigious dance schools – can barely manage a trip to the supermarket.

While awareness of ‘long covid’ in adults is slowly growing, much remains unknown about possible long-term effects in children, writes Laura Smith-Spark.

Others whose children have had symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, diarrhea and “Covid toe” for weeks, say that there is not much information available to help them recover – a situation which more worries given the immediate threat to school for many.

Still, some politicians – including US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson – have continued to call for reopening of schools, saying the virus is not a major risk to children, despite evidence to the contrary. Indeed, recent studies have suggested that teens can transmit the virus just as well as adults, while children under five carry a higher viral load.
While parents and teachers are struggling with the dangers of reopening schools, the cases are still going strong in the country. More than 97,000 children in the U.S. tested positive in the last two weeks of July, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Association of Children’s Hospital. That’s more than a quarter of all confirmed cases in children since the pandemic began in the US.

But season back from school is still moving forward – despite the risks.

A Georgian high school that came under scrutiny last week when a student shared a photo of a crowded hall will temporarily transition to virtual learning after reporting nine cases of Covid-19, according to a letter from the school district sent to parents Sunday.

“We could have just opened up like a lot of other schools,” said Hannah Watters, the second man who initially stopped by to share the photo. “They kind of sent us to school and used us as guinea pigs to see what would happen later.”

YOU ASKED. WE ANSWERED

Q: What kind of face masks are the least effective?

IN: That is the question a group of researchers at Duke University posed to answer, given that wearing face masks remains the best option for the world returning to semi-normality. In the study, published Friday, researchers used a laser beam and mobile phone to evaluate the efficiency of masks by studying the transmission of respiratory droplets during normal speech.

Neck braces, also called gaiter masks and often used by circles, were the least effective. Indeed, wearing a fleece mask resulted in a higher number of respiratory droplets, as the material was found to reduce larger droplets into smaller particles that are more easily removed with air. Folding bandanas and knit masks also performed poorly and did not offer much protection.

The most effective mask was the custom N95. Three-layer surgical masks and cotton masks, which many people have made at home, also performed well.

The 14 masks used in the test.
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What is IMPORTANT today

Trump describes Congress with order on coronavirus relief

The new executive actions of President Donald Trump to spread coronavirus relief without the approval of Congress caused confusion over the weekend, as the number of cases in the country exceeded 5 million.

White House advisers are struggling to explain on Sunday exactly what the impetus for presidential actions, signed by Trump after the division of talks with Democrats on a new rescue package, actually does as to how quickly they might work. But it is already clear that the measures are good from billing the president, writes Stephen Collinson.
Here is a breakdown of the actions, and what they mean for everything, from unemployment benefits to evictions and student loans.

US praises Covid’s response from Taiwan

U.S. Secretary of Health Alex Azar praised Taiwan’s handling of the coronavirus during a meeting on Monday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, noting that the self-governing island “had tremendous success in detecting Covid-19, managing it. outbreak, and share this valuable information with other peoples. “

It was the highest-level discussion between Washington and Taiwan in decades, and comes as tensions between the US and China grow.

Taiwan – with a world-class healthcare system and universal coverage – has had one of the best responses worldwide to Covid-19. Eager to share his experiences in fighting the coronavirus, Taiwan presents a greater voice in global health discussions. But that did not sit well with China, which considers the island part of its territory and has for years blocked its participation in many global institutions, such as the World Health Organization.

Speaking on the WHO decision to exclude Taiwan from the World Health Assembly, Tsai said: “China has prevented this from happening, we also believe that this situation is very unfortunate.”

How did New Zealand go 100 days with no community coronavirus transmission

New Zealand has marked a jealous milestone – more than 100 days since its last case of coronavirus was purchased locally from an unknown source. How did the country do it? The strategy was simple: in the words of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, the country had to “go hard and go early” to eliminate chains of transmission.

While other countries – including Pacific neighbors Australia and the United States – continue to fight outbreaks, New Zealand has ceased to be an example of how to fight Covid-19. One important reason is that although the country seems to have the coronavirus under control, the authorities are still testing thousands of people, writes Julia Hollingsworth.

Europe’s largest countries see Covid pits – but these do not

A terrible moment in the Covid-19 pandemic hit Italy on March 27, when the civil protection authorities announced that 969 people had died in just 24 hours. In the weeks before, images of coffins popped up in church halls and were thrown into the caravan of military trucks in the homes of Italians in the streets of the northern city of Bergamo, and then locked up for nearly three weeks.

Now, just four months later, life in Italy – the country’s Vice President Mike Pence once said “no one wanted to be like” – is almost back to normal, despite occasional spikes in cases.

Barbie Latza Nadeau and Livia Borghese look at how Italy – long known for its skepticism of anything that even seems like a rule – has fought back the coronavirus as other European countries struggle to contain new spikes.

ON OUR RADAR

  • Australia recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic on Monday, with 19 dead. Meanwhile, a self-proclaimed principality in the west of the country, formed by a “prince”, is no longer thanks to Covid-19.
  • A former Indian president has tested positive for Covid-19, contributing to a growing number of politicians getting sick from the virus. Cases in the country have increased past 2 million.
  • Greece recorded its highest daily number of Covid-19 cases on Sunday.
  • The United Kingdom saw cases increase by 1,062 on Sunday, above 1,000 for the first time since late June.
  • From Monday, Paris will make masks mandatory on certain crowded streets and busy public areas, amid a spike in new Covid-19 cases.
  • Major League Baseball has games between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates expelled after additional team members and staff of the Cardinals tested positive for Covid-19.
  • Leaders of American college sports ‘Power Five’ conferences discussed postponing the country’s football season and other bankruptcy sports over the weekend.

TOP TIPS

Many parents are apprehensive about their children “keeping up” in distance learning environments. Stephanie DeMichele, an Ohio-based digital learning designer and distance learning expert, set out to manage expectations, including what parents expect from teachers, and what students’ teachers expect.

“What you think you can do in a day as a class period is half it and half it again,” she said. “You can’t expect a child to sit at a computer seven hours a day.”

Many online schools suggest that children have a “learning coach” next to their teachers – often a parent. This is not easy as most work. But, even for parents who are not equipped to be teachers themselves, they may know best what style of student their child is, how long they can focus or what motivates them. The one thing that experts emphasize as most important: a scheme. Try to create, follow and adapt one as needed.

TODAY’S PODCAST

“We’ll have a whole pandemic for sure.” – Dr. Anthony Fauci

Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, has not appeared so much in letters in the White House lately, but he is still finding ways to make contact with the public. He recently spoke with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta recently as part of a special forum hosted by Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health. Listen now.

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