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The United States Approaches 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths

2020-09-22T10:41:17.582Z


The US is approaching 200,000 coronavirus deaths, about a fifth of all covid-19-related deaths in the world.


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3 hours ago

CDC advises against Halloween activities such as trick or treating and dress-up

By Shelby Lin Erdman

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued its first guidance for the holidays, including Halloween, as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Most traditional Halloween activities, such as door-to-door trick-or-treating and costume parties, are discouraged this year due to the pandemic, the CDC said in a new post on its website.

The new guide lists “low, moderate and high risk activities” to celebrate All Hallows' Eve.

Low-risk activities include: pumpkin carving and decorating your home, outdoor scavenger hunts, virtual costume contests, and hosting a movie night with household members.

Moderate risk things to do include: the so-called 'one-way trick or treating' by exchanging goody bags placed at the end of a driveway or edge of a patio, having a small group outside to an "open air costume parade" where participants are separated by at least 2 meters or attend an open air costume party where masks are worn and people socially distance themselves.

The highest risk activities the CDC urges against include: door-to-door trick-or-treating, attending crowded costume parties indoors, visiting haunted houses indoors, or riding carriages or tractors with strangers.

The agency also discourages: the use of costume masks this year, saying they are not a substitute for cloth masks.

She also cautions against wearing a disguise mask over a protective cloth and notes that this is dangerous because it can make breathing difficult.

3 hours ago

This is how countries in Europe are handling the increase in cases

By CNN

The World Health Organization warned last week that coronavirus cases are increasing alarmingly in Europe and that infections are reaching new highs.

In response, many European governments imposed strict local measures and began to weigh more lockdowns in a bid to stop a second wave of the pandemic.

Here's what we know about the pandemic situation and the new restrictions this week:

Partial lockdown in the capital of Spain: Parts of Madrid are under new lockdown measures, which will affect some 850,000 people in the city over the next two weeks.

During a press conference on Monday, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, said: "We are ready to analyze other scenarios if necessary."

Peaks in France: Coronavirus cases in France are increasing dramatically, according to the website of the French health authority.

So far a total of 453,763 cases have been reported in the country, with 10,569 new cases in the last 24 hours through Sunday night.

The positivity of the test stands at 5.7%, according to the French health authority.

Double every week in the UK: The number of coronavirus cases in the UK is doubling roughly every seven days, said lead scientific adviser Patrick Vallance, stressing that the count was approximate.

That would result in about 50,000 new cases a day by the end of October and more than 200 deaths a day by November, he said.

What Germany is doing to prepare for the fall: The German Health Minister aims to introduce additional measures to combat covid this fall.

Jens Spahn, in an interview with the Rheinische Post, described those measures as the introduction of so-called "temperature ambulances" - places where people with symptoms can get tested on the spot.

3 hours ago

The UK is expected to announce new measures

By Hilary McGann

Pubs, bars, restaurants and other venues in England will have to close at 10 p.m. local time each night to address the increase in coronavirus cases in the country.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to make that announcement on Tuesday.

The measures would go into effect on Thursday.

During a speech to the nation, Johnson is also expected to say that the hotel industry will be restricted by law to table service only, according to a statement from Downing Street before the speech.

Johnson is also expected to approve Monday's recommendation to increase the covid alert level from 3 to 4 during a strategy meeting on Tuesday.

Level 4 means that the virus is "in general circulation, transmission is high, or is increasing exponentially."

“No one underestimates the challenges that the new measures will pose for many individuals and businesses.

We know this will not be easy, but we must take more steps to control the resurgence of virus cases and protect the NHS, ”a 10th spokesperson said in the statement.

Johnson is expected to address the nation with a pre-recorded speech at 3 p.m. ET Tuesday.

Before Johnson's planned speech, a meeting with his cabinet and the prime ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will take place on Tuesday morning "to discuss the increase in cases."

4 hours ago

Cases rise in Canada as authorities monitor large concentrations

By Paula Newton

Health officials in Canada urged the public to stay home, stick to their bubble and wear masks, as daily positive cases continue to rise to levels not seen since May.

Officials from the province of Quebec and the country's capital, Ottawa, have declared that a second wave has already occurred in their cities and communities.

Canada's seven-day average is now just under 1,000 cases per day, according to Johns Hopkins University and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

“I tell you that at the moment the curve is not like it was in the spring, but it is still pretty bad and I think this is the beginning of a second wave.

If we don't do something, it's going to go even higher and I'm telling them it won't be fun, ”said Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec's director of public health, during a press conference in Quebec City on Monday.

What is behind the peak?

Public health experts say Canadians are having too many close social contacts between family and friends and that young people are gathering in groups that are too large to contain the spread.

The spike in cases comes two weeks after the Labor Day holiday and when most Canadian children go back to school.

Young people get sick: Canadian government statistics show that roughly two-thirds of new and positive COVID-19 cases are detected in people under the age of 40.

Restrictions That Must Be Enforced: In cities like Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, city officials and police say they are stepping up the enforcement of strict protocols that limit private indoor gatherings to six or 10 people.

In Ontario, the minimum fine for breaking the rules is $ 7,500.

In British Columbia, the increase in cases is described as a resurgence and public health officials say they would not yet describe the increase in cases as a second wave.

Officials say hospitalizations have increased but are stable, adding that they will wait for more data before deciding whether to apply more closures or restrictions.

4 hours ago

The pandemic gave us an opportunity in the face of the climate crisis and we did not take advantage of it

By Ivana Kottasová

Covid-19 has devastated the global economy and forced governments around the world to invest trillions in the recovery effort.

The pandemic could have been the defining moment in the fight against climate change - an opportunity for leaders to rescue the environment and turn the planet towards a greener future.

Instead, CNN has found that some of the largest fossil fuel producing countries are pumping in taxpayer money to shore up polluting industries.

And exclusive new data shows that these decisions are bringing the world one step closer to a climate catastrophe.

"This is the only opportunity we have," said Professor Niklas Höhne, founding partner of the NewClimate Institute, a think tank on climate and co-author of an upcoming Climate Action Tracker study shared with CNN.

Research shows that the world is far behind its already insufficient goals of limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and making efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees.

"We are in a situation where huge sums of money are being spent," Höhne said.

"A similar opportunity to spend so much money from government budgets will not come for the next 10 to 20 years."

4 hours ago

Fauci: About 200,000 Americans "probably" wouldn't have died when they did if it weren't for covid-19

By Shelby Lin Erdman

The nearly 200,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the United States "probably would not have died" when they did if it weren't for the virus, said Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Fauci told Trevor Noah on "The Daily Show" Monday night that the victims "probably wouldn't have died if they didn't have this infection," answering a question from Noah about those who claim that people are dying from the virus and not because of the virus.

Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, said they definitely died of COVID-19.

However, scientists still don't know much about the virus, Fauci said.

"We are starting to see a couple of things right now that worry me."

More young people are contracting the disease, and symptoms persist longer in patients who have cleared the virus, Fauci said.

A third thing is that those who have recovered from the disease, and not a very severe form of it, show inflammation of the heart, Fauci said.

"Now, they may not be symptomatic, but we want to make sure that within six months or a year, they don't end up with unexplained arrhythmias or premature heart attacks or cardiomyopathies."

"So the situation is not focused on what the full impact of this is, which means we have to take it very seriously," he said.

"Even among people who are obviously in trouble and dying, there are other people we should be concerned about."

5 hours ago

The death toll in the US is close to 200,000

By Artemis Moshtaghian

Another 356 coronavirus deaths were recorded in the United States on Monday, bringing the nation's death toll to at least 199,881, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

On Monday, 52,070 new cases of covid-19 were also registered, bringing the national total of confirmed cases of the virus to 6 million 857,703.

Totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.

Source: cnnespanol

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