Coronavirus Update

 

     

Situation of Coronavirus around the world

Now let me update you on the coronavirus the US remains the epicenter of the pandemic it now has close to 3 million confirmed cases and more than

52,000 new infections were reported just on Sunday Florida is one area of concern the infection rate at escalating and total infections are now past

200,000 11,000 of them were reported on Sunday bear in mind they were July the 4th celebrations at the weekend but this meet in Miami which

Would normally be packed was shut citywide curfew was also in place and this is why the reasons Florida is taking the threat so seriously another stark

Statistic is that its infections rose by a hundred and sixty eight percent in June its daily infection rate is above any recorded by a European country at

the height of the pandemic so Florida is right in the middle of this so a Texas case is there I've now passed 200,000 and more than 8,000 people were

Hospitalized on Sunday according to local media hospitals may reach capacity within two weeks and there's an ongoing political debate about

Whether the state needs a stay at home order next further west on to Arizona infections they are rising rapidly they've almost reached a hundred

Thousand Jim's bars and cinemas have all been closed until the end of the month and more than 5,000 people were admitted to hospital on Sunday

there are also concerns in Arizona hospitals may reach their limits here's one emergency doctor it's absolutely terrifying we're having whole families who

end up in the hospital we had one family with three members who were actually on ventilators in the ICU and you see how it's devastating for the

families the community and for those of us who are healthcare workers holding their hands and they're in their moments of need it's nothing

short of devastating it's challenging because our work spaces and the hospitals are totally full our entire staff and it takes an entire staff of our

team restore therapists and nurses and even down to our Environmental Services and admin support to really be able to take care of patients the way

we typically can and we're just not able to both because the degree of sickness that the patients have how much time it takes before each patient

donning and doffing over and over again and our exhausted workforce we've been on deployment essentially if you will since March and it's simply

exhausting people are ending up with with acute stress from the U.S. To Latin America we'll have updates from Brazil and El Salvador but first of all

Bolivia compared to some of its neighbors it had been faring well but unfortunately the numbers are now starting to move infections are past

39,000 there have been over 1,300 deaths also the health ministers tested positive the mining minister and minister of the presidency have - now these

escalating numbers are a particular concern because Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America his health system is ill-equipped to cope

with a pandemic I wanted to highlight the city of Cochabamba it's been badly hit crematoriums are overwhelmed these are workers digging

makeshift graves and this upsetting footage illustrates the pressure on Bolivia's resources this coffin holds the body of a 62 year old who died from

curved at 19 it was left on the street for hours because cemeteries had had to close their doors when X returned to El Salvador the chief of the cabinet

was on the left here mario duran in the past 24 hours he's tested positive for the virus the government has imposed some of the toughest measures in

 

Increasing Ratio of this Pandemic

 

Latin America and that's been effective keeping cases below 8,000 a further reopening of the economy though has been delayed by two weeks as I'm

sure you know Brazil is the epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America it has over 1.6 million cases and over 64 thousand deaths some experts actually

think Brazil is on track to become the country with the highest death toll by late July and this New York Times graphic shows that South Paulo is the

Worst affected state it alone has more than 320,000 infections but even as the crisis worsens the city of Sao Paulo is very much getting back to business

in the last few hours Hair Salons bars and restaurants have all reopened so given these numbers what's the case for that of reopening here's the BBC's

correspondent in South Paulo Katy was well simply that they think that they can cope I mean if you take example South Paulo it's one of the wealthiest states it's the wealthiest state sorry in Brazil in terms is such as an

Occupation of intensive care beds the death toll and they've labeled every across the state they've labeled municipalities in a series of five phases so if

you hit a certain phase and you can reopen if you if the situation gets worse and they have to go back to closing so here in South Paulo city they have

been able to reopen in fact I've just taken a walk around the block and for the last three months that you know they've been restaurants and beauty

Salam's absolutely close it's been dead but you know just walking around in a space of you know a couple of blocks there are several restaurants all

Getting ready reopening and it feels much more alive but of course many experts are saying this is coming at a completely the wrong time and those

businesses which are opening presumably they're having to follow a range of rules absolutely.

    

SOP’s given to Public serving authorities

 

So one I walked by you could see there were yellow arrows had been painted on the floor to show which way you needed to walk to collect your

food in a restaurant for another several restaurants with Hand sanitizer waiting there so people obviously have to use that when they come in the

restaurants and distant and distance tables as well so those are the measures that they're putting in but of course in a few days ago rio

reopened its bars and restaurants and there were images and videos coming out showing people absolutely packed into these bars not wearing masks as

is mandatory across much of brazil so the that's the concern that people are now we know desperate to get back to some kind of normality yet we're still

very far from that sense of that that normal you know normality here in brazil with the death toll still rising now let's continue to bring you

coronavirus updates from around the world next we turn to india it now has close to 700,000 confirmed cases as the third highest total after America

and Brazil has recorded more than 24,000 new infections just in the last 24 hours and its death toll is over 19,000 here's your key to the mine in

Mumbai Indian authorities have been repeatedly pointing out that even though the number of cases on the whole are rising the mortality rate in

India seems to be lower than other countries with a comparable number of cases but over the past many weeks we've spoken to frontline doctors who

say that covid deaths are not being properly counted sometimes you know the comorbidity that a person might have is listed on the death

Certificate rather than covid-19 in some places they've told us that people who were brought in dead even if they had covered like symptoms are not

Tested and Therefore they're not counted among covid deaths and finally you know of course even before coronavirus hit India the system of

Recording deaths Sometimes you know is much delayed and therefore there are worries that the number of deaths could actually be far lower than the

Actual mortality that we've seen in India because of coronavirus from India to Israel its imposed some restrictions after re impose some restrictions

after a spike in infections bars gyms and event halls have now been closed and this is why this shows the numbers of new cases in Israel since lockdown

was eased just over a month ago and you can see that marked here and the number of cases steadily climbing since then these are the latest pictures.

 

Hospital situations now

 

From the intensive care unit in the country's largest Hospital just close to Tel Aviv well we're looking at the impact of covid 19 in a range of countries

Around the world next to Australia and an extraordinary state of affairs the border between Victoria and New South Wales is being closed for the first

time since the Spanish flu pandemic and that was over a century ago that's because of what's happening in Victoria's capital Melbourne Australia's

National numbers remain low very low frankly compared with many other countries a hundred and six people have died there have been around eight

and a half thousand cases but on Monday there were 127 new infections recorded in Victoria that's the highest daily total since the pandemic began

in Australia nine public housing estates in Melbourne now appears to be the focus there under a five day lockdown after a cluster of cases was found this

Means around 3,000 people being told to stay in their homes and some of them are saying the government's been slow to provide essential supplies

and information here's more on that from ABC's earliest clue the latest outbreaks have come from the council flats in the working-class areas of

Melbourne in a Northwest now the government said as of Sunday that 30 cases had come from several households at these residences and effective

Immediately it shut down those nine apartment buildings encompassing 3000 residents now these residents had no notice that they would be locked

Inside their homes they also had no notice that 500 police officers would be roaming the halls of these buildings that's effectively one officer to every 6

Residents now I spoke to some people living in these buildings who say the food that been provided by the government is insufficient saying things like

have been given cereal with no milk jam a tin of tuna just to feed 10 people in a household they say they're being treated like prisoners they've also said

that it's racist if this was happening in a more affluent part of Melbourne police of this kind of magnitude would not be deployed now the

Government and the Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews has pledged to offer more support but the people living here just want these draconian

measures eased the government says they'll be in place for five days as they attempt to get the virus under control what sort of to show you this sign in a

window in one of the tower blocks as you can see it reads treat us as humans not caged animals and here is one of the residents I heard sirens

Outside and when I looked down there was about 50 police cars just parked under our building closing all the streets and every entrance and exit there

when there's that much police presence you begin to feel like you did something wrong so it wasn't a safe feeling there was no health.

 

Corona Virus Spread and how to stop it

 

Representatives present at the time people believe that these buildings are full of immigrants and people that just lower-class and they don't treat them

as normal citizens to Europe next as you'll know for a time it was the epicenter of the pandemic now it's slowly reopening is just one example the

Louvre in Paris is back in business albeit with limited visitor numbers compulsory face masks and you have to book online in advance unless it's a

big moment not just for the museum but for Paris as a tourist destination is Hugo for the tourists are still not back in France so for now this is a treat

Mainly for Parisians Alva with perhaps a fifth of its regular customers making enjoyment of the treasures here not a scramble but as it should be a

pleasure so for the next couple of months at least a chance to see the Mona Lisa like you've never seen her before in scenes of relative tranquility if

You’ve been here before in normal times you'll know exactly what I mean the health rules in place keep people moving mainly in the same direction

But because numbers are much lower than normal there's no regimentation it's perfectly possible to stop and enjoy it's great I've been enjoying a lot it's

a pleasure how long will the new system last no-one knows it depends on  Covid and also on money the Louvre been losing millions but if you're someone who's concerned about how crowds can ruin.

 

 

Assumption

This pandemic is not a joke we have to be careful and stay strong and make our immunity system strong. So be safe and be strong and also be careful wear masks use hand sanitizers and many more