Despite its recent economic boom, India remains a developing country, with a majority of its 1.3 billion people living in poverty. A fifth survives on less than $ 2 a day.
The United States is much better equipped to deal with the pandemic. It spends almost 17% of its GDP on health care, approximately double the average of other developed nations. It has almost six times more beds available per 1,000 people than India. However, their death toll is five times higher.
“How can you not shake your head, right?” Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, told CNN. “We are one of the outliers among all our peer countries. All of Europe has contained its disease. And many parts of the world have not only contained it, they have eliminated the disease.”
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Q: Do different blood types make us more vulnerable to Covid-19?
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TODAY
Almost all patients with Covid-19 symptoms had at least one of these three
Patients were asked to report a wide variety of symptoms and also any additional symptoms that were not widely recognized. Among these patients, almost all, 96%, had had fever, cough, or shortness of breath, and about 45% experienced all three. The report said 84% of patients surveyed said they had a cough and 80% reported they had a fever.
These teachers are preparing their wills before the reopening of their schools.
Back to school looks a little different for many teachers across the country this year as they struggle to return to their classrooms amid a pandemic. Added to your list of concerns: Death.
Bradford is not alone: Many teachers CNN spoke to, some who asked not to be identified for fear of the repercussions of their school districts, said they are preparing for the worst this fall.
Russia accused of trying to steal vaccine investigation with cyber attacks
A notice published by the UK’s National Cyber Security Center has detailed the activity of a group of Russian hackers called APT29, who is also known by the name of “the dukes” or “welcoming bear”.
Cozy Bear is one of two hacking groups linked to Russian intelligence believed to have accessed the Democratic National Committee’s internal systems before the 2016 US election, but yesterday’s announcement is the first time this has been named. group in relation to cyber attacks related to the pandemic. Russia has denied the claims.
Researchers turn to Brazil for a vaccine
According to the World Health Organization, as of this week 163 Covid-19 vaccines were being developed worldwide. While 23 had begun human clinical trials, only two reached Phase 3, the last scientific stage before approval for commercialization.
Both Phase 3 trials will include Brazil and are slated to involve at least 14,000 Brazilians. Advanced talks are also underway to launch three more vaccine trials in the country, according to Brazilian institutes consulted by CNN.
A participant in the vaccine trial describes how its side effects were felt
The UN says rich countries must step up now or pay later
At the current rate, the pandemic and the global economic crisis linked to it could trigger the first increase in global poverty in 30 years and “bring 265 million people to the point of starvation by the end of the year,” the UN said.
ON OUR RADAR
- Spanish authorities have ordered the removal of nearly 100,000 minks after a number tested positive for the new coronavirus.
- Canada tells American tourists to stay home.
- A Florida coronavirus patient went from being diagnosed to dying in her daughter’s arms within days.
- The Republican National Committee is cutting its plans for the national convention in Jacksonville, Florida, next month.
- Meanwhile, Democratic officials have told members of Congress not to travel to their national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- India resumes international flights for the first time since March after forming “air bubbles” between India and the United States, France and Germany.
- A 24-year-old Texas woman who spent nearly three months in a hospital battling Covid-19 says she wishes she had listened to the advice of officials and experts and wore a mask.
- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff thinks that masks, like seat belts in cars, should be part of the American lifestyle for the country to overcome the pandemic.
- We knew that hydroxychloroquine did not help hospitalized patients, but a new study has now shown that it also does not help Covid-19 patients who are not hospitalized.
- Three northern California churches have gone to federal court to challenge the state’s ban on singing and singing in places of worship, arguing that it unfairly distinguishes religious services and ignores protests against police brutality.
- Uzbekistan has launched a new travel campaign to attract more visitors. She promises the sum of $ 3,000 in compensation to any tourist infected with Covid-19 during her stay.
TIPS
- Keep it small
- Seat people from different homes six feet away
- Lead guests around the yard, not around the house
- Open the doors so people don’t have to touch the handles
- Provide hand sanitizer
- Wear a mask
- Don’t share food
TODAY’S PODCAST
I am really concerned that the political pressure to reopen schools, the clash of messages between what public health says should exist and what people in politics say should be happening, is going to lead to some schools reopening. They are not insurance. – Rich Besser, former interim CDC director
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