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— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 9, 2020
BREAKING: U.S. surpasses 5,000,000 COVID-19 cases. https://t.co/Y7Gxn2BjTx
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 8, 2020
"By Dec. 1, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 could reach nearly 300,000. That's the grim new projection from researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation" https://t.co/VQmaySxPhr
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (@IHME_UW) August 8, 2020
Another milestone: U.S. surpasses 5 million #coronavirus cases. No other country has reported as many cases. Brazil ranks second, with more than 3 million & India is 3rd w/ 2 million https://t.co/q3HqWdzCzO
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 9, 2020
Tracking the real coronavirus death toll in the United States https://t.co/FMxJ8DFDsg
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 8, 2020
Last week Americans were about 8 times more likely to be killed by Covid than Europeans. We can protect ourselves, but only by protecting each other. Mask up. Wash hands. Keep distance. Stop indoor crowds. Continuously improve test, isolate, trace, quarantine. We can do it.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) August 8, 2020
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WHO is warning against "vaccine nationalism," saying vaccine-hogging by rich nations won't produce "COVID-free" safe havens if poor nations remain exposed. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says it's in everyone's interest to share potential vaccines https://t.co/2ArzfTXvIA
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 8, 2020
New Zealand marks 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the coronavirus, a rare bright spot in a world that continues to be ravaged by the disease, @nickgbperry reports. https://t.co/BKhA9MRxXA
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 9, 2020
Australia's Victoria reports deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic https://t.co/kpJSUBOzFN pic.twitter.com/y4EkdKxIv2
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 9, 2020
Vijayawada: Fire at Covid facility in India kills at least seven https://t.co/vYqdsdO396
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 9, 2020
Different restrictions have been imposed across parts of Europe to deal with coronavirus outbreaks
Here's what you need to knowhttps://t.co/U6sJmC0E48
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 8, 2020
Paris makes masks mandatory as the #coronavirus toll crosses 722,000. The new regulation starts Monday and affects busy outdoor areas, such as markets and all strollers along the Seine https://t.co/XSvVaPw26L
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 8, 2020
Deserted streets, empty restaurants, shuttered stores: London's financial districts remain largely abandoned by workers still worried about the pandemic and reluctant to return to office life https://t.co/7A4lr83rls pic.twitter.com/k01KA9KazS
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 9, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of students in the isolated Gaza Strip returned to schools after five months of closure, despite the ongoing pandemic that has seen school years postponed elsewhere across the globe. https://t.co/XwWL5Cq7y6
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 8, 2020
South Africa's #coronavirus deaths have topped the 10,000 mark. The country is the African continent's most industrialized economy. It has registered 553,188 infections, which accounts for more than half the continental caseload https://t.co/SmQBGHuniG pic.twitter.com/ko7whvpVTW
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 8, 2020
Fact-checking fake stories about the pandemic in Africa ✔️❌ https://t.co/N1AxVqkcbZ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 9, 2020
When Haiti's schools re-open, the chasm between rich and poor will be on painful display, with wealthy students enjoying campuses ready for social distancing while some of the poorest won't even have running water to wash hands https://t.co/BGQ3vROnGs pic.twitter.com/QqmGAFM2OX
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 9, 2020
Brazil has surpassed100,000 deaths from COVID-19. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 1,000 daily deaths from the pandemic since late May. https://t.co/99tnRrNlNS
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 8, 2020
From the sudden loss of loved ones to brushes with death, a struggle to save others and fears for the future — the pandemic has touched Mexicans in many ways
AFP spoke to several people whose lives have been transformed by the crisis https://t.co/cNMJaELCTF pic.twitter.com/0UdChOI5KR— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 9, 2020
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The #coronavirus is more likely to ‘superspread’ than the flu. Estimates vary, but data consistently show a striking skew: Between 10 and 20% of coronavirus cases may seed 80% of new infections. That kind of spread doesn't happen w/ flu viruses https://t.co/pW4FFvxfzg
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 9, 2020
Public health officials believed that one of the most effective ways to fight the virus was to disinfect highly touched surfaces. But now infectious-disease experts have since denounced the practice as both ineffective and a potential health hazard. https://t.co/TrPzfdK7sa
— National Geographic Magazine (@NatGeoMag) August 8, 2020
New clues on virus reproduction mystery; non-COVID vaccines may help https://t.co/y5qyEffL6c pic.twitter.com/GDN8NjH2EA
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 7, 2020
A debate over clinical trials, evidence-based medicine and standards of care could seem esoteric, but in @susandominus's hands it is a powerful, comprehensible and absolutely vital story about our only weapon against an unfamiliar foe: science.https://t.co/HH1AkgGrVA
— Sarah Kaplan (@sarahkaplan48) August 8, 2020
Why do COVID tests take so long to get back when we know same-day is possible? Incentives.
From an excellent (and infuriating) interview with Bill Gates: https://t.co/fdQHsrWY0v pic.twitter.com/PKbkUH0oPf
— Alex Imas (@alexoimas) August 8, 2020
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Schools are facing big #coronavirus test as students return. Newly reopened schools in Mississippi, Indiana & Georgia have already reported infections just days into the school year, triggering a range of protocols: isolation, contact tracing & quarantine https://t.co/szPBuTlTJY
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 8, 2020
Lots of governors botched this. But Kemp’s failures and maliciousness are unique, from suing Atlanta’s mayor to stop a mask order to presiding over a health department that has repeatedly released misleading information that downplays the outbreak. https://t.co/0HoV8G0JMQ
— Amanda Mull (@amandamull) August 8, 2020
Organizers have provided a T-shirt that Sturgis celebrants can wear to the hospital in a couple of weeks, if slammed with #COVID19 . https://t.co/1drasQGzNW pic.twitter.com/hXw7FakrEK
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 8, 2020
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