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You are here: Home / Healthcare / COVID-19 Coronavirus / COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday/Tuesday, August 17-18

COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday/Tuesday, August 17-18

by Anne Laurie|  August 18, 20206:36 am| 22 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You

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Just imagine where we would be right now if we had a president who listened to the scientists.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 17, 2020

“The number of tests performed each day in the US dropped by an average of 68,000 compared to the daily rate in late July”

The situation of #COVID__19 testing in the US is incredible. Truly disgusting.https://t.co/vCpjNEclM1 @CNN #Covid_19

— Fabio Ghironi (@FabioGhironi) August 18, 2020


It's been too long since I tweeted about #Covid19 cases in health workers. We need to remember the risks they take to care for people who contract this disease.
More than 136,000 health workers in the US have been infected & 632 have died. Source: @cdcgovhttps://t.co/4LDLGMxQ5o pic.twitter.com/ooqF2lOlqK

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 18, 2020

Where we stand in America with #COVID19 :
MOST U.S. States are disease hotspots.
BUT most states are reopening businesses and/or schools.

Contradictions abound.https://t.co/fHqqBHx2qV pic.twitter.com/wWKTT9MHII

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 17, 2020

Here's the clip: pic.twitter.com/ursJ24ZVku

— The Recount (@therecount) August 17, 2020

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Track the COVID-19 spread ? https://t.co/8yBfIDrivy pic.twitter.com/M2qg4jLZrq

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2020

Pandemic now driven by 20s, 30s, 40s group, many asymptomatic: WHO https://t.co/bJAUMt1xfG pic.twitter.com/tgHTPr8zaJ

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2020

This pic.twitter.com/MqQp00dJgF

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 18, 2020

Sweden's #Covid19 strategist under fire over herd immunity emails https://t.co/pxYdR3Pria

— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) August 17, 2020

China reports 22 new coronavirus cases on August 17 https://t.co/NQylQIen4Z pic.twitter.com/946NN9fkRL

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2020

Coronavirus: How many Covid-19 deaths is India missing? https://t.co/1t2loHzVoQ

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 17, 2020

Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon has #COVID19 but that hasn't stopped him from holding his Sarang Jeil Church Christian mega-services, mask-free, in Seoul. South Korea had the virus beat, but now >300 church members test +, biggest daily count since May.https://t.co/cELoOi31qs

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 17, 2020

Almost all current cases of Covid-19 in Victoria, Australia, can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state, inquiry hears https://t.co/wRJzM25bCr

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 17, 2020

'Anyone who's following COVID and its transmission globally will quite easily see that New Zealand's nine cases in a day does not compare to the United States' tens of thousands,' New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said https://t.co/hXRTYTgp6r pic.twitter.com/BTigjpUcfA

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2020

Ruby Princess: New South Wales premier apologises over cruise ship outbreak https://t.co/hqP9cbeHvh

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 17, 2020

South Africa is easing its #coronavirus restrictions, so is the epidemic slowing down there and elsewhere in Africa? https://t.co/5KNGlBDjHx

— BBC Reality Check (@BBCRealityCheck) August 17, 2020

Mexican president volunteers to try Russian coronavirus vaccine https://t.co/ZzbQvfT4P3 pic.twitter.com/zI6ZIFMqcy

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 17, 2020

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News you can use: Mild #COVID19 cases can produce a strong T cell response, even in the absence of detectable virus-specific antibody responses. Image: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) infected w/ SARSCoV2 (red) https://t.co/tFJWcoIWV7 pic.twitter.com/1zsNsQTg7w

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 17, 2020

Scientists who have been monitoring immune responses to the coronavirus are now starting to see signs of strong, lasting immunity, even in people who developed only mild symptoms, new studies suggest https://t.co/3eiGkOr4u6

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 17, 2020

Warning from a cardiologist:

#COVID19 is creating a wave of heart disease https://t.co/zoibCgf9b4

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 17, 2020

More infectious coronavirus mutation may be 'a good thing', says disease expert https://t.co/DppBAxzAiy pic.twitter.com/S2mTgWgbZs

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2020

Wondering about old-school vaccine approaches & Covid-19? China is making a number of inactivated vaccines & some data on one being made by SinoPharm has been published. @Dereklowe breaks down what he sees.
Not the most promising to date. https://t.co/9vxYmwkMWn

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 17, 2020

When a coronavirus vaccine becomes available, will it be met with a roaring ovation, like the polio vaccine, or communal yawning, like the measles shot? Or some strange hybrid of the two? https://t.co/hquFUsRroW via @khnews

— Damon Darlin✒️ (@darlin) August 17, 2020

Household contact is the main setting for transmission of #SARSCoV2, according to research in Annals of Internal Medicine. By contrast, transmission via public transportation or healthcare settings was considered low https://t.co/IfyhAXJelA #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/HdQL1Fe1qI

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 17, 2020

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Residential segregation plays a role in coronavirus disparities, study finds ?@MsVanessaW? https://t.co/bWlhfTfek3

— Dave Clarke (@davecclarke) August 18, 2020

Report: Nursing home cases up nearly 80% in COVID-19 rebound. Long-term care facilities account for less than 1% of the U.S. population, but more than 40% of COVID deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project https://t.co/j11UIGyGpV

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 18, 2020

Texas becomes 4th state to surpass 10,000 coronavirus deaths. Roughly 4 in every 5 of those deaths were reported after June 1. Texas embarked on one of the fastest reopenings in the US in May before an ensuing surge in cases led to a rollback https://t.co/c1ipAR5oHv pic.twitter.com/DsQKNKuua6

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 18, 2020

Coronavirus cases are already surfacing in K-12 schools that have reopened, but the federal government is not tracking these outbreaks, and some states are not publicly reporting them, experts say. https://t.co/4V26wLRzPj

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 18, 2020

BREAKING: 71 of Mississippi's 82 counties are now reporting #COVID19 outbreaks in schools.

Confirmed Cases:
Students: 199
Teachers: 245

Quarantined (for 2 weeks):
Students: 2,035
Teachers: 589

And consider this: Dozens of schools just had their first day of class TODAY.

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) August 17, 2020

School officials in Oklahoma say a student knowingly attended classes with the coronavirus on the first day of school, thinking it was safe to do so because he was asymptomatic. https://t.co/UxTNTzSNUk

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 16, 2020

UNC abruptly halts in-person classes after coronavirus outbreak on campus https://t.co/YvGyftjmPa

— Laura Walker ??????? ?????????????? (@LauraWalkerKC) August 17, 2020

NEW

the University of Notre Dame is now up to 45 confirmed coronavirus cases, most of which have been traced back to an off-campus party where most students weren't wearing masks or social distancing.

Wow, never could have seen that coming.https://t.co/h9MoUMPK44

— Kate Smith (@byKateSmith) August 17, 2020

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  1. 1.

    satby

    August 18, 2020 at 6:44 am

    Good morning and thanks AL! Been up and waiting for this to drop since 4:30, it’s my morning must read!

  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    August 18, 2020 at 6:45 am

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. Just seven new cases. Three cases from local infection: all Malaysians, all in Kedah, two from the Sala cluster and one from the Tawar cluster. Four imported cases: two Malaysians, returning from the UK and Bangladesh; two non-Malaysians, both arriving from Bangladesh. Cumulative reported total 9,219 cases.

    26 more patients recovered and were discharged, total 8,902 patients recovered — 96.6% of the cumulative reported total. Active and contagious cases being isolated/treated in hospital declined to 192 patients; eight are in ICU, two are on respirators.

    No new deaths since 31st July. Total stands at 125 deaths — 1.36% of the cumulative reported total, 1.38% of resolved cases.

    In other news, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that state governments need to refer to the Federal Government any Covid-19 restrictions they want to impose in their state, so that they can be approved by the National Security Council and the Health Ministry. He was referring to Penang state’s ban on health tourism and other restrictions. Unless such restrictions were gazetted by the Federal Government, Ismail Sabri said, federal agencies needed to enforce them — like the police and immigration department — would not have legal authority to do so.

  3. 3.

    Baud

    August 18, 2020 at 6:56 am

    I’m starting to think COVID is contagious.

  4. 4.

    Cameron

    August 18, 2020 at 6:56 am

    The nincompoop-in-law says 170,000+ deaths is success? What does failure look like?

  5. 5.

    La Nonna

    August 18, 2020 at 6:58 am

    We are waiting patiently in Puglia to see if the summer tourist season, many visitors from Northern Italy hotspots, causes a wave of infection here. And, the local press is now calling the US insistence on unsafe and untimely opening of schools, The Children’s Crusade, quite the historical reference, no? Killing me to think my US based grandchildren are being sacrificed on the altar of Mammon.

  6. 6.

    JPL

    August 18, 2020 at 6:58 am

    Cherokee County, GA’s school system closed three high schools and have 2,000 students quarantined. The school system has 30,000 students. I’m not sure how long they can continue in person learning without a mask mandate at least. Fulton County where I’m located is doing online learning.

  7. 7.

    Steeplejack

    August 18, 2020 at 7:02 am

    @Baud:

    ? Thanks, I needed that. I’m sitting here thinking that we are a nation of dumb fucks, and we’re never going to get rid of this virus because our impermeable dumb-fuckery will ensure that it lasts forever.

  8. 8.

    Amir Khalid

    August 18, 2020 at 7:10 am

    @Cameron:

    It tells me that the Trump administration’s success criteria re the pandemic, whatever they may be, have nothing to do with reducing the numbers of the sick and dying.

  9. 9.

    OzarkHillbilly

    August 18, 2020 at 7:10 am

    This pic.twitter.com/MqQp00dJgF

    — Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 18, 2020

    Not just another shit hole country, but the shittiest holed country.

    ETA: comment following Laurie’s post:

    @makeplanetnice
    Replying to
    @Laurie_Garrett
    Such winning ! Why TF is the stock market not reflecting the horror of America’s reality

    Because the pandemic is just another money making opportunity. SATSQ.

  10. 10.

    lowtechcyclist

    August 18, 2020 at 7:11 am

    Notre Dame is now up to 45 confirmed coronavirus cases, most of which have been traced back to an off-campus party where most students weren’t wearing masks or social distancing.

    Wow, never could have seen that coming.

    My sentiments exactly. If you went to college, and it wasn’t some ‘Christian’ college where they didn’t have parties like that, you could see this coming from the other end of the freakin’ galaxy. It boggles my mind that so many universities and colleges have opened up for physical classes. Should have done all-virtual (college students are adults, and can theoretically handle that reasonably well), and lab courses would just have to wait until next year.

    @Cameron: 

    The nincompoop-in-law says 170,000+ deaths is success? What does failure look like?

    I bet that clip’s in a Lincoln Project ad by tomorrow. Maybe tonight; they move fast.

    But they – and the Dems – should keep on using it. That’s an evergreen in this campaign season. It reminds people that the Trumpists didn’t give a damn about all the deaths, and it doesn’t let people forget that Trump put this unqualified idiot in charge of important stuff, rather than hiring people who knew wtf they were doing.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    August 18, 2020 at 7:17 am

    @Steeplejack:

    If it makes you feel better, here is a story about the nutsos in other parts of the world.  You’ll need your browser to translate from Spanish.

    https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-53810072

  12. 12.

    Steeplejack

    August 18, 2020 at 7:23 am

    @Baud:

    Yeah, I saw some stories about that. I’m not saying we have a monopoly, by any means. But it’s another area of American exceptionalism.

  13. 13.

    WereBear

    August 18, 2020 at 7:25 am

    The Republican Party has no qualms about taking hostages. It’s what they do.

    Also, Jared Kushner must be making money from these deaths, because that’s the only thing this group thinks IS success.

  14. 14.

    JPL

    August 18, 2020 at 7:31 am

    trump is tweeting about President Obama’s poll numbers during the H1N1 pandemic.    Does that seem wise since it was contained pretty quickly although 12,000 did die.    trump doesn’t seem like a very bright person, because that’s not the comparison you want.

  15. 15.

    Brachiator

    August 18, 2020 at 7:48 am

    We have had a number of 100 degree plus days. Reminds me that one of Trump’s lies was that heat or sunlight would soon kill the coronavirus.

  16. 16.

    Robert Sneddon

    August 18, 2020 at 7:48 am

    Scotland — No new deaths from confirmed cases of COVID-19. 49 new cases have been confirmed, a test positivity rate of 1%. Seven of those cases are in the Grampian region where the Aberdeen outbreak seems to be subsiding. A decision will be announced tomorrow whether the hard lockdown in Aberdeen will be lifted or modified but right now it doesn’t look like it.

    12 of the new cases are in the Glasgow area and six in neighbouring Lanarkshire, probably related to an outbreak among school-age children which has been tentatively associated with parties at a couple of houses last week. The government is confident there is no spread occurring within schools and they all remain open at the moment. Whether schools continue to be “safe” is another matter.

    Another 16 cases are reported in Tayside, of which nine are confirmed to be linked to earlier reports of a few positive tests at a food processing plant near Perth over the weekend with some community spread.

     

    The testing and tracing effort seems to be paying off in situations like this, now the numbers are down from their peaks over March and April and it’s feasible to hunt down every reported case and their contacts. It’s worth noting that in Scotland a handful of positive tests in the Perthshire food processing factory caused it to be immediately shut down whereas in England testing in another food processing factory in Northamptonshire resulted in 300 positive results in a workforce of just over 2000 and the English factory was permitted to keep operating with enhanced provisions for worker distancing, cleaning etc.

  17. 17.

    satby

    August 18, 2020 at 8:11 am

    @Baud: @Steeplejack: 
    That’s why as soon as Americans are let into any other country that is even slightly a country I’d like to visit, I’m heading out for a long sojourn away from my fellow idiot Americans. Yeah, there’s stupid people in other countries, but ours are exceptional in their arrogant stupidity. And most other countries will rein in their toxic stupid people rather than allow them to be public health menaces.

  18. 18.

    YY_Sima Qian

    August 18, 2020 at 8:28 am

    Yesterday, China again reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases and 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region. 4 cases are currently in critical condition, and 23 in serious condition. There are currently 354 total confirmed and 124 asymptomatic cases at Ürumqi. 24 confirmed cases recovered yesterday and were released from hospitals, 4 asymptomatic cases (3 at Ürumqi and 1 at Changji Prefecture) were released from medical quarantine, 3 critical and 1 serious cases improved to moderate conditions. There are 8,538 close contacts remain under quarantine and medical observation.

    At Dalian in Liaoning Province, 2 confirmed case has recovered and were released from hospital, and 1 asymptomatic case was also released from medical quarantine. 26 cases are currently in the hospital, and 3 asymptomatic cases remain under medical quarantine. With all of Dalian now at Low Risk, long distance bus and train services are returning to normal, Dalian residents no longer need negative RT-PCR result with Lin 7 days to travel outside of the city, and public spaces and tourist attractions are reopening.

    Still no new cases reported by Shenzhen and Shanwei in Guangdong Province.

    Yesterday, China reported 22 new imported confirmed cases, 16 imported asymptomatic cases:

    * Shanghai Municipality – 14 confirmed cases, 9 Chinese nationals returning from the UAE, 4 from Singapore and 1 from the UK
    * Lianyungang in Jiangsu Province – 3 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Indonesia
    * Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national returning from the UK (via Stockholm) and from Singapore; 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Singapore
    * Tianjin Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Spain and Bolivia
    * Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed cases, a Chinese national returning from Kazakhstan; 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese nationals each returning from Algeria, the US and Kenya
    * Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese national each returning from Russia
    * Jinan in Shandong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Kazakhstan
    * Chongqing Municipality – 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Singapore
    * Hangzhou in Zhenjiang Provonce – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Spain
    * Xiamen in Fujian Provonce – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Australia
    * Dalian I. Liaoning Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines

    Today, Hong Kong reported 36 new cases, 35 from local transmission, 6 of whom do not have clear source of transmission. Seems to be trending down.

  19. 19.

    Jack Canuck

    August 18, 2020 at 8:29 am

    Australia nationally:
    – 226 new cases in the last 24 hours
    – est. 7556 active cases
    – 682 total in hospital
    – 438 total deaths

    Victoria:
    – 222 new cases in the last 24 hours (lowest daily total since July 18)
    – 17 deaths in the last 24 hours (13 of which were linked to aged care)
    – est. 7274 active cases
    – 665 in hospital (45 in intensive care)
    – 351 total deaths

    So the case numbers are going in the right direction, though they’re worried that the testing numbers are declining (i.e. worried that people aren’t getting tested even if they should be). Deaths will likely remain relatively high for several more days if they mirror the rise in daily cases recorded a week or two before. Latest reporting suggests that the evidence shows that 90% or more of the cases in the state all link back to a family of four that was in quarantine back in May, though the mechanism of the spread hasn’t been nailed down yet.

  20. 20.

    Currants

    August 18, 2020 at 8:53 am

    @satby:  Mine too—thank you so much for keeping this going…for months now!

  21. 21.

    mrmoshpotato

    August 18, 2020 at 11:47 am

    communal yawning

    Communal yawning?  Go on.  Yawning by one’s self is excellent.  Especially with a good stretching of the arms and a comfortable place to lie down for a nap or for the night, but communal yawning.  Tell me more.

  22. 22.

    Chris T.

    August 18, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    @Cameron:

    The nincompoop-in-law says 170,000+ deaths is success? What does failure look like?

    Obviously, a Biden Presidency with one case and no deaths = failure. Add more cases and more deaths and the failures just go up and up!

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