Covid-19 survivors are discovering the long-term effects of the disease. Walks wanting to climb Mount Everest. Mental confusion and problems with short-term memory make it difficult to read, write, and speak. Chronic fatigue, dyspnea, and muscle pain turn simple daily tasks into difficult tasks. Returning to work is out of the question.
In Europe, where the peak of Covid-19 infections has passed, thousands of people say they are far from fully recovered. Health authorities are beginning to offer rehabilitation services to survivors suffering from the effects of the disease.
“What surprises me most is that even patients who have not spent any time in the ICU are extremely weak: there is no evidence of a heart or lung problem, but they cannot even climb the stairs.” said Dr. Piero Clavario, director of a post-Covid rehabilitation institute he attended in Genoa, Italy. “Most show severe muscle weakness. A 52-year-old nurse had to return to work after recovering from Covid, but was unable to do so physically.”
When the pandemic devastated the world for the first time, most older people were thought to be the most exposed. However, more younger people are becoming infected. And many report persistent health problems months after contracting the disease.
Research now indicates that Covid-19 is a multi-system disease that can harm not only the lungs, but also the kidneys, liver, heart, brain, nervous system, skin, and gastrointestinal tract. And while it is still true that most cases are relatively mild, approximately 20% suffer from severe symptoms.
“One in five patients will get a severe form of the disease,” said Dr. Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, a professor of medicine at the University of Texas McGovern School of Medicine. “This is a lottery that you don’t want to win.”
YOU ASKED. WE RESPOND
Q: How long do I need to isolate to avoid virus transmission?
A: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guide for people isolating themselves at home with Covid-19 to prevent transmission of the virus.
Someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 and has symptoms can suspend the isolation 10 days after the first symptoms appeared, as long as 24 hours have passed since the last fever without the use of fever-reducing medications, and if symptoms like cough and shortness of breath has improved.
People with Covid-19 symptoms who are isolated at home and have access to tests can leave isolation if the fever has passed without the use of medications, if there is an improvement in symptoms and if tests taken with more than 24 Hours difference are negative, according to guidelines published on Friday.
A person without symptoms can suspend the isolation 10 days after the first positive test and if they have not developed symptoms afterwards. People who tested positive for Covid-19 and are asymptomatic may also discontinue isolation if the results of two tests taken more than 24 hours apart are negative.
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WHAT IS IMPORTANT TODAY
49 Florida hospitals have no ICU beds
In Miami-Dade County, Florida, intensive care units are approximately 127% full, with 398 beds for 507 patients. New daily cases have tripled in just one month in the Sunshine State, with more than 12,000 Florida residents confirmed as newly infected on Sunday alone.
The numbers are trending in an alarming direction. The state now has more than 350,000 cases and 4,982 deaths, state data shows. If Florida were a country, it would rank seventh in the world count of the most infected nations.
Martha Baker, president of a union representing health professionals at Jackson Health, told CNN affiliate WFOR that the local health care system was in a time of crisis. “We are just, I say, dancing on the head of a pin, hoping we can keep dancing,” he said. “Fifteen ICU nurses only called sick today, on Jackson Main alone.”
Coronavirus and deforestation pierce the world’s lungs
It is unknown how bleak things could be for Brazilians who were largely unprotected by President Jair Bolsonaro. The country has reported more than 2 million cases of coronavirus. Almost 80,000 people have died.
But while managing the Bolsonaro pandemic influences the lives and immediate deaths of Brazilians, the far-right populist, sometimes known as the “Trump of the Tropics,” also manages the protection of the Amazon, reports Bill Weir. And in the midst of a man-made climate crisis, Earth scientists say this gives it an undue and terrifying influence on all life as we know it. For generations.
How India reached 1 million cases
India set another daily record today, registering more than 40,000 new cases of coronavirus. On Friday, it became the third country after the United States and Brazil to report a million cases in total.
India remained relatively unchanged in February and March, when coronavirus outbreaks occurred in other parts of Asia. When the 1.3 billion country blocked on March 25, it had around 520 cases and 10 deaths. But for many, the blockade was difficult, if not impossible. About a sixth of the urban population lives in densely populated slums where social distancing was not an option.
Sanjay Rai, president of the Indian Public Health Association, says the blockade helped delay the outbreak, allowing authorities to make more personal protective equipment kits. But those first steps did not allow India to avoid the outbreak entirely. Since the national blockade was lifted, some states have applied their own restrictions, or have even resumed the blockades. Despite that, India went from 500 cases to over a million in four months.
Mask!
Starting today, people in Arkansas must wear masks in public. The state has joined a growing list of places that have issued masking mandates in recent days and weeks. Experts have repeatedly said that masks are among the most powerful tools in the battle against the virus, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease expert, has urged governors and mayors to be “whatever as forceful as possible “for people to dress. they.
Masks boost is not unique to the US Facial coatings are now mandatory in confined spaces in France. In the UK, people already have to use them on public transport. Starting on Friday, they will also be mandatory in stores in England, which will align it with Scotland. Hundreds of protesters, some wearing masks, gathered in London yesterday to protest the rule.
In the United States, the issue of masks has become a full-fledged political debate. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for the city’s mask mandate. And President Donald Trump, who for months refused to wear a mask in public, told Fox News that he would not consider a national mask mandate. “No, I want people to have a certain freedom. And I don’t believe in that, no. I don’t believe in the statement that if everyone wore a mask, everything would disappear … with that said, I am a believer in masks I think the masks are good, “he said.
ON OUR RADAR
- New research shows that older children can transmit Covid-19 as much as adults.
- The CDC has added cancer patients to a list of those at increased risk for severe Covid-19 disease.
- The Australian state of Victoria reported 275 new cases of coronavirus today, of which only 28 were related to previously known outbreaks. Masks are now mandatory in the state.
- Record floods in China are delaying the supply of personal protective equipment to the United States.
- Even weather forecasts are affected by Covid-19.
- More than 2,000 health workers in Ghana have been infected with the coronavirus.
- Four California teens have created a Covid-19 coloring book for kids (and they’re also raising money for charity).
- The UK government has ensured early access to millions of doses of vaccines.
- A coronavirus outbreak has spread through a law enforcement training center in South Carolina, prompting the national employee union to request that training be suspended.
- Half of American adults live in households that lost income as a result of the pandemic.
- Delta Air Lines has announced new health screenings for passengers who cannot wear masks, and asked them to consider staying home.
TIPS
So, about masks: they do next to nothing if you don’t use them correctly. Yes, even fabric coverings touted as the best from social distancing have instructions. We have presented them to you, based on guidance from the CDC and the World Health Organization.
Most importantly: masks are effective only if they cover the mouth, nose and chin. And as tempting as it is to remove the mask for a moment, doing so could expose your fingers and face to the virus you’re trying to avoid.
TODAY’S PODCAST
“A lot of things about Covid are very, very simple, but we try to make them a lot more complicated. There are relatively few things we can do, and one of them is constantly wearing a mask. And it’s not a question of following every citizen every days with a police officer to make sure they’re wearing a mask. It’s a matter of constant leadership. ” – Dr. James Curran, dean of Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, talks to Curran about the setbacks that may have been caused by inconsistent leadership through this pandemic. Listen now.
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