Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread

Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by _Microft on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:18PM (#22539240)

There is another page that shows the case numbers by country.

A few countries look like they have reached an inflection point (see number of daily new cases going back for example) but that could be a problem of testing (or lack thereof).

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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:54PM (#22539580)

If I'm to believe random comments on /r/CoronaVirus by people claiming to be working in healthcare (or related to such people), in Italy, they're not testing everyone in ICUs anymore, as there's little point or time (high prevalence of disease, completely saturated medical system). This implies the number of cases there is going to be underreported.

Also note RE today's Italy stats - they're only partial, Lombardy (i.e. the region with most cases) isn't counted in yet.

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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by jnurmine on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:26PM (#22539892)

Anaesthetist Jason van Schoor from UCL tweeted a rather long chain [1] from his friend in Italy and the situation seems to be indeed very, very bad.

The pressure on the healthcare system from the virus seems to be simply massive and the system cannot keep up nor maintain a level of care for everyone who enters the system.

[1] https://twitter.com/jasonvanschoor/status/123714289107769753...

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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:30PM (#22539930)

For those who haven't seen it and don't want to read the whole thread (though they should!), the IMO most salient part:

5/ Patients above 65 or younger with comorbidities are not even assessed by ITU, I am not saying not tubed, I’m saying not assessed and no ITU staff attends when they arrest. Staff are working as much as they can but they are starting to get sick and are emotionally overwhelmed.

6/ My friends call me in tears because they see people dying in front of them and they con only offer some oxygen. Ortho and pathologists are being given a leaflet and sent to see patients on NIV. PLEASE STOP, READ THIS AGAIN AND THINK.

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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by Unknown_Unknown on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @07:05PM (#22540920)

Please update Morocco, as it should be 3 cases and 1 death.

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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by _Microft on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @04:27AM (#22544105)

The website is run by someone else. It looks like it was not updated at all today.

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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by _Microft on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:40PM (#22548875)

They updated it now.

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