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Mar 31, 2020 7:45:01 GMT 10
Post by EZWarren on Mar 31, 2020 7:45:01 GMT 10
Coronavirus death tolls have climbed by more than 800 in both Italy and Spain but the World Health Organisation's emergency chief says cases in the two countries are "potentially stabilising".
In the United States, New York's governor issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers from across the country amid a "staggering" number of deaths from the virus, saying: "Please come help us in New York, now."
The plea from Governor Andrew Cuomo came as the death toll in the state of New York rose past 1200 - with most of the victims in the big city - and authorities warned that the crisis pushing New York's hospitals to the breaking point is just a preview of what other cities across the US could soon face.
Cuomo said the city needs a million additional health care workers.
"We've lost over 1000 New Yorkers," he said. "To me, we're beyond staggering already. We've reached staggering."
At the same time the governor's appeal went out, a US navy hospital ship pulled into port with 1000 beds to help relieve pressure on New York's hospitals.
WHO emergency chief Michael Ryan said on Monday there was no time to let up on tough containment measures.
"We have to now push the virus down, and that will not happen by itself," he said.
Three-quarters of a million people around the world have become infected and more than 35,000 have died, according to a running count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
From news.com.au:
The US reported about 140,000 infections and more than 2500 deaths, with New York City the country's worst hot spot but New Orleans, Detroit and other cities also recording alarming clusters.
Elsewhere, bells tolled in Madrid's deserted central square and flags were lowered in a day of mourning as Spain raced to build field hospitals to treat an onslaught of coronavirus patients. The country's death toll topped 7300.
In Japan, officials announced a new date for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - the northern summer of 2021 - as a spike in reported infections fuelled suspicions that the government was understating the extent of the country's outbreak in recent weeks while it was still hoping to salvage the Summer Games.
Moscow locked down its 12 million people as Russia braced for sweeping country-wide restrictions.
Israel said 70-year-old Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is quarantining himself after an aide tested positive for the virus.
And in Britain, Prince Charles, the heir to the throne who tested positive for the virus, ended his period of isolation and is in good health, his office said.
Italy's death toll climbed to nearly 11,600. But in a bit of positive news, newly released numbers showed a continued slowdown in the rate of new confirmed cases and a record number of people cured.
"We are saving lives by staying at home, by maintaining social distance, by travelling less and by closing schools," said Dr Luca Richeldi, a lung specialist.
At least six of Spain's 17 regions were at their limit of intensive care unit beds, and three more were close to it, authorities said.
Crews of workers were frantically building more field hospitals.
Nearly 15 per cent of all those infected in Spain, almost 13,000 people, are health care workers, hurting hospitals' efforts to help the tsunami of people gasping for breath.
The crisis in China, where the outbreak began in late December, continued to ease.
China on Monday reported 31 new COVID-19 cases, among them just one domestic infection, and the city at the centre of the disaster Wuhan began reopening for business as authorities lifted more of the controls that locked down tens of millions of people for two months.
Japanese car maker Toyota halted production at its auto plants in Europe but all of its factories in China resumed work on Monday.
In the United States, New York's governor issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers from across the country amid a "staggering" number of deaths from the virus, saying: "Please come help us in New York, now."
The plea from Governor Andrew Cuomo came as the death toll in the state of New York rose past 1200 - with most of the victims in the big city - and authorities warned that the crisis pushing New York's hospitals to the breaking point is just a preview of what other cities across the US could soon face.
Cuomo said the city needs a million additional health care workers.
"We've lost over 1000 New Yorkers," he said. "To me, we're beyond staggering already. We've reached staggering."
At the same time the governor's appeal went out, a US navy hospital ship pulled into port with 1000 beds to help relieve pressure on New York's hospitals.
WHO emergency chief Michael Ryan said on Monday there was no time to let up on tough containment measures.
"We have to now push the virus down, and that will not happen by itself," he said.
Three-quarters of a million people around the world have become infected and more than 35,000 have died, according to a running count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
From news.com.au:
The US reported about 140,000 infections and more than 2500 deaths, with New York City the country's worst hot spot but New Orleans, Detroit and other cities also recording alarming clusters.
Elsewhere, bells tolled in Madrid's deserted central square and flags were lowered in a day of mourning as Spain raced to build field hospitals to treat an onslaught of coronavirus patients. The country's death toll topped 7300.
In Japan, officials announced a new date for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - the northern summer of 2021 - as a spike in reported infections fuelled suspicions that the government was understating the extent of the country's outbreak in recent weeks while it was still hoping to salvage the Summer Games.
Moscow locked down its 12 million people as Russia braced for sweeping country-wide restrictions.
Israel said 70-year-old Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is quarantining himself after an aide tested positive for the virus.
And in Britain, Prince Charles, the heir to the throne who tested positive for the virus, ended his period of isolation and is in good health, his office said.
Italy's death toll climbed to nearly 11,600. But in a bit of positive news, newly released numbers showed a continued slowdown in the rate of new confirmed cases and a record number of people cured.
"We are saving lives by staying at home, by maintaining social distance, by travelling less and by closing schools," said Dr Luca Richeldi, a lung specialist.
At least six of Spain's 17 regions were at their limit of intensive care unit beds, and three more were close to it, authorities said.
Crews of workers were frantically building more field hospitals.
Nearly 15 per cent of all those infected in Spain, almost 13,000 people, are health care workers, hurting hospitals' efforts to help the tsunami of people gasping for breath.
The crisis in China, where the outbreak began in late December, continued to ease.
China on Monday reported 31 new COVID-19 cases, among them just one domestic infection, and the city at the centre of the disaster Wuhan began reopening for business as authorities lifted more of the controls that locked down tens of millions of people for two months.
Japanese car maker Toyota halted production at its auto plants in Europe but all of its factories in China resumed work on Monday.
