
A report from the Stabroek News. Over 70 Guyanese doctors and medical students who are on scholarships in Cuba are seeking to return home after their…
Covid-19: Guyanese doctors, students seeking evacuation from Cuba, say conditions deteriorating

A report from the Stabroek News. Over 70 Guyanese doctors and medical students who are on scholarships in Cuba are seeking to return home after their…
Covid-19: Guyanese doctors, students seeking evacuation from Cuba, say conditions deteriorating
The nation’s top public health official warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus would likely coincide with the start of flu season and could overwhelm the health system.
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/health-news/cdc-director-warns-second-wave-of-coronavirus-this-winter-could-be-worse/ar-BB1304st
Hope someone listens to him but guess we have to count on smart governors
The actions Republican and Democratic governors have taken have been done to protect families from the spread of the coronavirus.
“The administration is trying to ramp up testing,” the governor said in an earlier CNN interview. “But to try to push this off, to say the governors have plenty of testing and they should just get to work on testing, somehow we aren’t doing our jobs, is just absolutely false.”
Source: Maryland obtains 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea | World news | The Guardian
Covid-19 highlights the conservative reliance on fake experts.
The WHO pushes back on accusations that it didn’t warn countries early enough.
Source: WHO pushes back on claims as COVID-19 remakes Ramadan | CIDRAP
In an escalation of the tensions, the Taiwan health officials publicized an email it sent the WHO on Dec 31—about the same time ProMED Mail, media outlets, and infectious disease blogs carried reports of a mysterious pneumonia cluster in Wuhan. In the email, Taiwanese officials sought more information about the event.
Mike Ryan, MD, head of the WHO’s health emergencies program…said on Jan 1, the WHO asked China for more information, according to International Health Regulation protocols that require countries to respond within 24 to 48 hours. He said the WHO sent its first Tweet about the outbreak on Jan 4, and on Jan 5 it communicated detailed information to its focal point system, which includes Taiwan. Also on Jan 5, it posted its first public outbreak notice on the Wuhan cluster.
There is a way we could identify more patients who have Covid pneumonia sooner and treat them more effectively — and it would not require waiting for a coronavirus test at a hospital or doctor’s office. It requires detecting silent hypoxia early through a common medical device that can be purchased without a prescription at most pharmacies: a pulse oximeter. Pulse oximetry is no more complicated than using a thermometer. These small devices turn on with one button and are placed on a fingertip. In a few seconds, two numbers are displayed: oxygen saturation and pulse rate. Pulse oximeters are extremely reliable in detecting oxygenation problems and elevated heart rates. Pulse oximeters helped save the lives of two emergency physicians I know, alerting them early on to the need for treatment. When they noticed their oxygen levels declining, both went to the hospital and recovered (though one waited longer and required more treatment). Detection of hypoxia, early treatment and close monitoring apparently also worked for Boris Johnson, the British prime minister. Widespread pulse oximetry screening for Covid pneumonia — whether people check themselves on home devices or go to clinic
The US government is accelerating controversial regulatory rollbacks to speed up production at meat plants, as companies express growing alarm at the impact of Covid-19 on their operations. Last week Smithfield shut down one of the largest pork plants in the country after hundreds of employees contracted the coronavirus. The plant in South Dakota – whose output represents 4–5% of US pork production – is reported to be the largest single-source coronavirus hotspot in the US, with more than 600 cases. In response, the company said it was “critical” for the meat industry to “continue to operate unabated”.
Source: Inoreader – ‘No way food safety not compromised’: US regulation rollbacks during Covid-19 criticised
Infectious disease expert says US must not ‘jump the gun’ as the country approaches 800,000 coronavirus cases
The World Health Organization has repeatedly urged governments to pursue testing and tracing, and some countries, including Singapore and South Korea, have successfully used this approach to contain their outbreaks, while Germany has also continued to carry out contact tracing. The UK abandoned population testing and contact tracing in early March, when case numbers began to rise steeply, but the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said on Friday that contact tracing would be reintroduced, including through a proposed NHS smartphone app. Experts say the ability to rely on this approach to safely exit the lockdown will depend critically on widespread population testing beyond the level needed for diagnosing patients in hospital.
Source: Impossible for UK to meet Covid-19 testing targets, scientists say | Politics | The Guardian
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