The Spread of. the Corona Virus

[umbertino]

14 hours ago, DinarDavo said:

 

Same here.....my brother, wife, and I all had it in December. Felt lousy for about a week and then dry hack that lasted 3-4 weeks. 

 

 

Happy you, your brother & wife, recovered, DD.....

 

 

Best

[umbertino]

How coronavirus changed the world in three months – video

 

In just three months, the coronavirus has turned the world upside down. But how did it play out so quickly? We take a look back to where it all began..........

 

Laurence Topham and Katie Lamborn, Source: The Guardian

Thu 9 Apr 2020 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/apr/09/how-coronavirus-changed-the-world-in-three-months-video

[umbertino]

Calls for Corona Bonds Met with Familiar "Nein"

 

The danger of a new euro crisis is growing. Weak member states like Italy need help if they're going to survive the coronavirus lockdown financially. But the call for euro bonds has been met with stiff resistance -- especially from the Germans

 

 

By Frank Hornig, Armin Mahler, Peter Müller, Anton Rainer und Christian Reiermann

27.03.2020, 18:30 Uhr

 

 

 

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/calls-for-corona-bonds-met-with-familiar-nein-a-6eb0e5ce-fddd-4909-95bb-ae8421ef3d2e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany Must Abandon Its Rejection of Eurobonds

 

The German government's rejection of eurobonds is selfish, small-minded and cowardly. Existing mechanisms will not be enough to contain the crisis we are facing. We need to act now

 

 

03.04.2020, 18:08 Uhr

A DER SPIEGEL Editorial by Steffen Klusmann

 

 

 

 

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/germany-must-abandon-its-rejection-of-eurobonds-a-e5f7c467-dcf6-48fd-b4e0-71e1b84e315e

[umbertino]

Mafia distributes food to Italy's struggling residents

 

Organised crime groups offer support to quarantined families who have run out of cash

 

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Fri 10 Apr 2020 12.29 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/mafia-distributes-food-to-italys-struggling-residents

 

 

I live in the Deep North and this morning at about 10:30  I had to wait in line for about 30 mins before entering the bread shop....Nearby there are also a newspaper shop and a supermarket ...So there were 2 other lines.....

 

Lockdown deadline previously planned was April 3 then changed to April 13 for opening at least some production things like plants and maybe other places......

Yesterday Gov't stated lockdown is further postponed to May 3...And I bet an Iraqi Dinar it will be postponed again before that date...

 

Also...It will be perfectly senseless to open shops, bars and restaurants if people have still the obligation to stay home.....Now with Easter approaching police is tightening controls on drivers and pedestrians as well in order to avoid too much going around....

It's difficult staying inside as weather is really beautiful and warm in these days.....

 

I hope not to pass a summer this way...Would be too much to bear....We'll see.....

[umbertino]

Here's how your body gains immunity to coronavirus

 

Unprecedented efforts and diverted resources mean we are fast learning about human defences against this new threat

 

Fri 10 Apr 2020 09.30 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Apr 2020 14.35 BST

By  Zania Stamataki     (senior lecturer and researcher in viral immunology at the University of Birmingham)

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/10/heres-how-body-gains-immunity-coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elimination: what New Zealand's coronavirus response can teach the world

 

New Zealand’s drive against Covid-19 is showing promise and it is not too late for other countries to follow

 

Michael Baker and Nick Wilson

Fri 10 Apr 2020 02.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/elimination-what-new-zealands-coronavirus-response-can-teach-the-world

 

Edited April 10, 2020 by umbertino

[umbertino]

'Roast at home': Italian mayors ( and Governors)' Easter warning to coronavirus lockdown defiers – video

 

Mayors across Italy are pleading with residents to stay indoors on Easter weekend as the country prepares to extend its lockdown until 3 May to contain the coronavirus outbreak. This is what the mayors of Bari, Reggio Calabria, Messina and Lucera and the governor of Campania had to say

 

Source: As credited

Fri 10 Apr 2020 13.58 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Apr 2020 14.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/apr/10/roast-at-home-italian-mayors-easter-warning-to-coronavirus-lockdown-defiers-video

 

[umbertino]

From blocked-off beaches to bench bans: Easter lockdowns around the world

 

Authorities have announced measures ranging from the draconian to the quixotic

 

Rory Carroll in Dublin and Guardian correspondents

Thu 9 Apr 2020 04.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/beach-bars-bench-bans-easter-lockdown-rules-coronavirus

[umbertino]

Can a face mask protect me from coronavirus? Covid-19 myths busted

 

The truth about how you can catch coronavirus, who is most vulnerable and what you can do to avoid infection

 

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Sat 11 Apr 2020 11.52 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/can-a-face-mask-protect-me-from-coronavirus-covid-19-myths-busted

[umbertino]

The EU's new coronavirus relief deal is a gift to Europe's enemies

 

 

Ignore the headlines about €500bn to rescue Europe. Refusing to share debt across the eurozone threatens the union’s future

 

Sat 11 Apr 2020 06.00 BST Last modified on Sat 11 Apr 2020 16.50 BST

By  Yanis Varoufakis (co-founder of DiEM25-Democracy in Europe Movement and former finance minister of Greece)

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/apr/11/eu-coronavirus-relief-deal-enemies-debt-eurozone

[umbertino]

Bolsonaro dragging Brazil towards coronavirus calamity, experts fear

 

Concerns grow that by downplaying threat, Brazil’s president risks public health crisis

 

Tom Phillips and Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sun 12 Apr 2020 16.24 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/12/bolsonaro-dragging-brazil-towards-coronavirus-calamity-experts-fear

 

This man is president of 2nd most populated country (212M) in the Americas.......

 

[umbertino]

How Greece is beating coronavirus despite a decade of debt

 

Country’s hospitals bore brunt of cuts but its efforts to contain Covid-19 appear to be paying off

 

Helena Smith in Athens

Tue 14 Apr 2020 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/how-greece-is-beating-coronavirus-despite-a-decade-of-debt

[umbertino]

Coronavirus: deaths in Italy pass 20,000

Rise in the number of infected slows to 1,363

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

13 April 202019:20 News

 

 

 

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/04/13/coronavirus-deaths-in-italy-pass-20000_4c9db588-bafa-4b5c-81c5-e599b61fa471.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus: Record 16,545 lockdown breaches on Easter Monday

252,000 stopped and checked, 62,000 shops inspected

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

14 April 202013:11 News

 

 

 

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/04/14/coronavirus-record-16545-lockdown-breaches-on-easter-mon_8f9aa646-68c9-4627-8158-2311a9ce1d04.html

[umbertino]

Only a monumental effort of political imagination can end lockdown

 

The methods – whether it’s mass testing or contact-tracing – matter less than the huge shift in thinking that is required

 

Fri 17 Apr 2020 16.42 BST Last modified on Fri 17 Apr 2020 18.24 BST

Jonathan Freedland

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/17/political-imagination-end-lockdown-mass-testing-contact-tracing

[umbertino]

Coronavirus across Africa: 25,940 cases; 1,240 deaths; 6,968 recoveries

 

By Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban

Last updated: 14 hours ago

 

 

 

https://www.africanews.com/2020/04/23/coronavirus-in-africa-breakdown-of-infected-virus-free-countries/

 

Sounds incredible  given the African continent pop: 1Billion 330M

[umbertino]

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro denounced for joining pro-dictatorship rally

 

Far-right president deemed ‘deplorable’ for flouting social distancing rules again – while coughing repeatedly – to bolster protests amid coronavirus

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Mon 20 Apr 2020 15.05 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/jair-bolsonaro-dictatorship-rally-protest-brazil-president-denounced

[umbertino]

Italy set for work, transport overhaul in phase 2

Prefects get OK to ignore cemetery limits for COVID-19 dead

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

23 April 202018:43 News

 

 

 

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/04/23/italy-set-for-work-transport-overhaul-in-phase-2_930403ae-4341-47b3-bd4b-1dc80a63e47a.html

[umbertino]

EU leaders clash over trillion-euro Covid-19 aid in online meeting

 

 

Virtual summit debates rescue package to protect single market from slump

 

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Thu 23 Apr 2020 21.51 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/clashes-predicted-over-trillion-euro-covid-19-aid-as-eu-meets-online

[umbertino]

Lockdowns leave poor Latin Americans with impossible choice: stay home or feed families

 

Families struggle to maintain coronavirus restrictions as they seek to stay afloat: ‘My fear is my children going hungry’

 

 

by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro, Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires, Cindy Jiménez Becerra in La Paz, Lexi Parra in Caracas, Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá, and David Agren in Mexico City

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/21/latin-america-coronavirus-lockdowns-low-income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Covid-19 pandemic casts long shadow as Ramadan starts

 

Festival, normally marked by social gatherings and feasts, will be muted affair under lockdown

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Fri 24 Apr 2020 00.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/covid-19-pandemic-casts-long-shadow-as-ramadan-starts

 

Edited April 24, 2020 by umbertino

[trident]

 

Yesterday

Brazil's dealing with the virus in the opposite to the us, uk etc,  be interesting to see whats plays out over the next few days/weeks

 

 

While city mayors and state governors have closed schools, universities and businesses, and have recommended self-quarantines and social distancing, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has publicly opposed these measures.

Mr Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the risks of the pandemic, says the country can’t afford to halt the economy, and instead argues for a selective isolation of elderly people and the at-risk population.

 

 

Full article below, very long !!!  but well worth the read. imo

 

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-brazil-favelas-cases-deaths-rio-de-janeiro-a9480076.html

[umbertino]

8 minutes ago, trident said:

 

Yesterday

Brazil's dealing with the virus in the opposite to the us, uk etc,  be interesting to see whats plays out over the next few days/weeks

 

 

While city mayors and state governors have closed schools, universities and businesses, and have recommended self-quarantines and social distancing, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has publicly opposed these measures.

Mr Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the risks of the pandemic, says the country can’t afford to halt the economy, and instead argues for a selective isolation of elderly people and the at-risk population.

 

 

Full article below, very long !!!  but well worth the read. imo

 

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-brazil-favelas-cases-deaths-rio-de-janeiro-a9480076.html

 

 

Thanks trident

[trident]

Turkey are on lockdown only  at the weekends...

[umbertino]

Rio's favelas count the cost as deadly spread of Covid-19 hits city's poor

 

The coronavirus was probably brought to Brazil by rich returning holidaymakers but it is threatening to explode in marginal communities

 

by Caio Barretto Briso and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sat 25 Apr 2020 11.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/25/rio-favelas-coronavirus-brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus detected on particles of air pollution

 

Exclusive: Scientists examine whether this route enables infections at longer distances

 

Damian Carrington Environment editor

Fri 24 Apr 2020 14.29 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/24/coronavirus-detected-particles-air-pollution

 

 

 

 

 

 

The coronavirus crisis has exposed China's long history of racism

 

Today Africans in Guangzhou are being demonised over Covid-19, but the roots of this prejudice go back centuries

 

Hsiao-Hung Pai

Sat 25 Apr 2020 09.00 BST Last modified on Sat 25 Apr 2020 09.03 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/25/coronavirus-exposed-china-history-racism-africans-guangzhou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian lessons: what we've learned from two months of home schooling

 

Schools in northern Italy were the first in Europe to close. Since then, teachers, parents and kids across the country have all had to adapt to a new existence – and the results have surprised everyone

 

 

Fri 24 Apr 2020 06.00 BST

By Tobias Jones

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/apr/24/italy-home-schooling-coronavirus-lockdown-what-weve-learned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why the mafia are taking care of everyone's business

 

Organised crime is already giving food parcels to the poor in Italy and Mexico. For the cartels and syndicates, this crisis is an opportunity

 

 

Sat 25 Apr 2020 14.05 BST

by Roberto Saviano (writer and mafias expert)

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/25/why-mafia-taking-care-of-everyones-business-in-pandemic

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Ardern: New Zealand has 'won battle' against community transmission of Covid-19

 

Ahead of move to level-3 lockdown, PM says country must remain vigilant

 

Charles Anderson in Nelson

Mon 27 Apr 2020 05.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/new-zealand-prepares-to-lift-strict-lockdown-after-eliminating-coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy unveils plans for easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions

 

Factories to resume as country records lowest daily rise in death toll since mid-March

 

Angela Giuffrida Rome correspondent

Mon 27 Apr 2020 09.20 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/italy-unveils-plans-for-easing-of-coronavirus-lockdown-restrictions-conte

 

Hmm...Getting boring...This ain't living....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What if Covid-19 isn't our biggest threat?

 

Experts who assess global peril saw a pandemic coming, but they have worse worries for humanity

 

Andrew Anthony

Sun 26 Apr 2020 09.00 BST Last modified on Sun 26 Apr 2020 16.34 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/26/what-if-covid-19-isnt-our-biggest-threat

[umbertino]

Coronavirus has revealed the EU's fatal flaw: the lack of solidarity

 

There has been little political will to pool taxes, borrowing and spending to support states worst hit. But it is the only way out

 

Tue 28 Apr 2020 06.00 BST Last modified on Tue 28 Apr 2020 07.21 BST

Shahin Vallée

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/28/eu-coronavirus-fund-share-crisis-soul-european-parliament-fiscal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

'So what?': Bolsonaro shrugs off Brazil's rising coronavirus death toll

 

Outrage at president’s response to news that more than 5,000 people have lost their lives

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 29 Apr 2020 14.37 BST

 

 

Mourners attend the burial of a nursing assistant who died from new coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro

Photograph: Léo Corrêa/AP

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/29/so-what-bolsonaro-shrugs-off-brazil-rising-coronavirus-death-toll

 

Kick the bastard out..."But wait..He got elected in the course of democratic elections"...Well...Adolf Hitler was too......