United States and Kingdom

COVID – 19, Monday 18th May

Singapore

Cases, 28,343

Deaths, 22 (0.07%)

Using non-mandatory contact tracing app

US

Cases, 1,486,742

Deaths, 89,564 (6%)

Warmer weather

Limited mask wearing

Ohio, packed bars over the weekend

Chicago, some churches opened

North California, person tested positive after church with 200 people

Memorial Day next weekend

Operation warp speed, vaccine by January 2021

Boston

Cases, 11,395

Deaths, 551

Mayor Marty Walsh

750 people tested

Sampled asymptomatic residents in four neighbourhoods, 9.9% tested positive

I in 40 could still be antigen positive

10 % of people with antibodies

Population of Boston = 780,000

Total infected = 78, 000

Maintaining lockdown

LA

Homeless people at risk

Monoclonal antibodies

San Diego-based Sorrento Therapeutics

anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody, STI-1499, “completely neutralized” on vitro

Sorrento said it plans to request ‘priority evaluation and accelerated review’

‘Our STI-1499 antibody shows exceptional therapeutic potential and could potentially save lives following receipt of necessary regulatory approvals’

Israel’s Biological Research Institute

MAB that destroys the antibody

Specific to SARS-CoV-2

Monoclonal, so reduced side effects from reduced cross reactivity

UK

244, 995

Deaths, 34,716

Schools opening next month

Loss of smell or taste added to fever and a new continuous cough

WHO, Schools not a major form of transmission

Dr Soumya Swaminathan

there have not been big outbreaks in schools and the early results of studies are very reassuring

the risks to children are extremely low with this infection, and there have not been many cases described of children transmitting it to others, particularly within school settings

it appears that children are less capable of spreading it, even if they get the infection and certainly are at very low risk of getting ill from the disease

Vaccine

30 m doses by September from Oxford

Astra Zeneca, 30 m doses for UK, then 100 m doses by September

Low cost for developing countries

Contacting tracing, test, trace, isolate, vaccinate

Italy

Cases, 225,435

Deaths, 31,908

Reopening

Thailand

Cases, 3031

Deaths, 56

External flights cancelled until end of June

Shorter curfew, starts at 11pm

Malls reopening

All wear masks

Social distancing

Brazil

Cases, 241,080

16,122

Rio hospitals at capacity

Sao Paolo hospitals near collapse

2nd health minister quits

Russia

Cases 290,678

2,722

Chile

43,781

450

Santiago closed down

Police permit needed to go outside

Violators heavily fined

ITU full in Santiago

China

Testing all 11 million people

North East, 144 cases in Jilin

Jiling city shut down

Clusters of more than 20 cases

500 medical staff sent to Jiling

Domestic flights back to 60%

Not yet allowing access to WHO

Qatar

Mandatory face covering

Egypt

Strict curfew for Eid

India

Cases, 96,169

Deaths,3029

45 million migrant workers

Lockdown extended to end of the month

Green, orange and red zones

State by state approach

No international flights

Australia

NSW

Churches opened for 10 people

Many choosing to continue live streaming

10 people allowed in coffee shop