The United States at the breaking point of 6 million coronavirus cases on Sunday when the global number surpassed 25 million. And those numbers are probably only a small fraction of the true penetration in the world population, experts say.
Any slowdown in the outbreak in the United States gave the impression of being minor: More than 47,000 new cases and nearly 1,000 more deaths were reported on Sunday. And with many elementary and high schools, as well as universities, now opening their doors, the numbers may not decline particularly anytime soon.
The onslaught of the pandemic is wreaking havoc on healthcare and other front-line responders, the World Health Organization warns.
“Front-line first responders who run tirelessly to save lives during the pandemic deserve to rest,” the WHO said on a Sunday. “Talk to your coworkers or your manager if you think you might be exhausted.”
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? Today’s numbers: The U.S. death toll was approaching 183,000. Globally, more than 843,000 people have died, according to John Hopkins University data.
? What we’re reading: Families have shunned airlines, hotels, cruises and other crowded vacation options this summer. Instead, they have opted for more personal transportation choices, including boats – lots of boats.
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Images of crowded beaches, lakes and bars have circulated on social and classic media for much of the summer, sparking contempt from those involved in the COVID-19 outbreak.
But experts also say that the developing instances of instance groups resulting from small gatherings are also concerning. Social purposes of varying sizes among parents, friends and colleagues come under scrutiny as public fitness experts sound the alarm bells ahead of Labor Day weekend.
“People don’t see it the same way as the Trump rally in Tulsa, a bunch of other people on the beach or in bars, but those little occasions go up a lot,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, professor of medicine. at the University of California-San Francisco. “It is simply invisible.”
– Jorge L. Ortiz
Six months after the United States declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic, millions of remote Americans are on the edge of their wits, exhausted from making a never-ending series of protective and fitness resolutions. protection for themselves and their loved ones. The researchers call the resolution of the phenomenon fatigue. As you fatigue, you may be susceptible to additional resolutions, stick to the prestige quo, or base a resolution on criteria, experts say.
“It’s a weak-willed state that affects the effort invested in making options possible,” said Roy Baumeister, professor of psychology at Florida State University. “It takes less effort to make other possible options, so the possible options have been avoided or made very superficially.”
– Grace Hauck
India will become a hotspot for the pandemic, registering a record 78,761 new cases of coronavirus in more than 24 hours. It is the worst one-day peak in the world, the fitness ministry noted that the country also set a record with more than 10 million tests.
India has reported 3.5 million cases, more than any other country, the United States and Brazil. The boom in India comes amid government efforts to ease restrictions across the country. On Sunday, the fitness ministry also reported 948 deaths in more than 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 63,498.
The University of Virginia has announced plans to offer categories in person for the fall semester and begin with apartment openings on Thursday. AVU officials in Charlottesville said they first delayed starting the in-person undergraduate categories for two weeks to assess the spread of COVID-19 and see how other schools have fared since opening.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the AVU has reported 67 overall positive COVID cases since Aug. 17 among academics, universities and matrices. Of those, 23 were academics who reported a positive check on Thursday, the highest for the school overall in a day. Twenty-five academics, or professors were hospitalized.
A review of those from other universities:
Returning travelers are increasing the number of new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and occupied ICU beds in Italy, the worst hit European country in the early stages of the pandemic. As of Sunday, there were another 86 people in intensive care suites with COVID-19, up from 38 at the end of July.
Italy’s Fitness Ministry has reported 1,365 new infections since Saturday, still far less than the thousands of new cases in the first few days, before the country imposed a strict lockdown. With 268,218 infected, Italy ranks fourth among European nations Spain (439,286), the United Kingdom (336,641) and France (310,400).
The persistence of coronavirus infections is jeopardizing France’s willingness to reopen all schools on Tuesday, with the aim of making up for the learning losses caused by the spring closure and reviving the economy with the return to the paintings of the parents.
Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said Sunday that some schools would remain closed, but “as little as possible.” A medical collective issued an appeal on Saturday saying that government measures against viruses in schools are difficult enough and urging to order masks for children up to 6 years old and a combination of online and online education. None.
France reported 5,453 new infections on Saturday, up from several hundred a day in May and June.
On Friday night, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of remdesivir in all patients hospitalized for COVID-19; no published study supports such widespread use. The approval allows doctors to prescribe the antiviral sooner. But it comes less than a week after the firm approved the use of convalescent plasma without published clinical support, fueling considerations that the firm is giving in to political pressure.
“It seems to be science, data, endorsement style evidence,” said Dr. Eric Topol, vice president of studies at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California, and a national expert on the use of data. in medical studies.
In May, the FDA approved remdesivir for use in hospitalized adults who desire oxygen, but not in those in poor enough health to require ventilation. A government study published that month in the New England Journal of Medicine found that those patients recovered faster than those who did not get the drug – there is no evidence that this has saved lives.
Earlier this month, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study of hospitalized adults with less critical illness, and it appeared that five days of remdesivir treatment was longer than popular care, although “the difference is. Doubtful clinical significance.” . Find out more here.
– Karen Weintraub
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