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The world's largest maker of latex gloves will shut more than half of its factories after almost 2,500 employees tested positive for coronavirus

Nearly 5,800 workers have been screened so far with 2,453 testing positive, it said.

Top Glove operates 41 factories in Malaysia with many of its workers coming from Nepal and living in crowded dormitory complexes.

The cluster contributed to a record daily high of 2,188 cases nationwide, bringing Malaysia’s total cases to 58,847. The cluster in the Klang area is currently the most active in the country with 4,036 cases.

Top Glove says it produces about 90 billion rubber gloves a year, about one quarter of the world’s supply, and exports to 195 countries. It has seen profits soar amid rising demand for its products due to the pandemic.|

Migrant worker dormitories... they accounted for 95% of Singapore's cases, and a large fraction of cases in the Middle East as well. These people work together and then live together in barracks-like conditions, a dozen or more men in a room with bunk beds and little else, and shared bathroom facilities.

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Coronavirus can be transmitted through the air, CDC confirms

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Monday that people can sometimes be infected with the coronavirus through airborne transmission, especially in enclosed spaces with inadequate ventilation.

The update to the agency Web page explaining how the virus spreads represents an official acknowledgment of growing evidence that under certain conditions, people farther than six feet apart can become infected by tiny droplets and particles that float in the air for minutes and hours.

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Can the coronavirus survive on surfaces?

It is not certain how long the virus that causes COVID-19 survives on surfaces, but it seems likely to behave like other coronaviruses. A recent review of the survival of human coronaviruses on surfaces found large variability, ranging from 2 hours to 9 days (11).

The survival time depends on a number of factors, including the type of surface, temperature, relative humidity and specific strain of the virus.

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WaPo has deleted this tweet, which was sent out about an hour after Trump announced to the world he and the First Lady’s positive COVID-19 test.

"The Post has removed a tweet pictured below, which was written Thursday and released through an automated program, because the subsequent news of President Trump’s infection rendered it tasteless."

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22/09/2020

Since 31 December 2019 and as of 21 September 2020, 31 091 469 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 961 352 deaths.

Cases have been reported from:

Africa: 1 408 440 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are South Africa (661 211), Egypt (102 015), Morocco (101 743), Ethiopia (68 820) and Nigeria (57 242).

Asia: 9 420 535 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are India (5 487 580), Iran (422 140), Bangladesh (348 916), Saudi Arabia (329 754) and Iraq (319 035).

America: 15 704 633 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are United States (6 804 814), Brazil (4 544 629), Peru (768 895), Colombia (765 076) and Mexico (697 663).

Europe: 4 524 724 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Russia (1 103 399), Spain (640 040), France (453 763), United Kingdom (394 257) and Italy (298 156).

Oceania: 32 441 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Australia (26 898), Guam (2 117), New Zealand (1 464), French Polynesia (1 318) and Papua New Guinea (517).

Other: 696 cases have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.

Deaths have been reported from:

Africa: 33 950 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are South Africa (15 953), Egypt (5 770), Morocco (1 830), Algeria (1 672) and Nigeria (1 098).

Asia: 175 992 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are India (87 882), Iran (24 301), Indonesia (9 553), Iraq (8 555) and Turkey (7 506).

America: 532 540 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United States (199 509), Brazil (136 895), Mexico (73 493), Peru (31 369) and Colombia (24 208).

Europe: 217 942 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United Kingdom (41 777), Italy (35 707), France (31 285), Spain (30 495) and Russia (19 418).

Oceania: 921 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Australia (849), Guam (34), New Zealand (25), Papua New Guinea (7) and Fiji (2).

Other: 7 deaths have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.

22/03/2020

Coronavirus Updates:
- 188 new cases in Thailand "Most of the new cases were found in Bangkok and were among young people who continue to have social activities, which can lead to more infections," a senior Public Health Ministry official said

- 73 new cases and 6 new deaths in the Philippines

- 214 new cases in Australia. NSW will proceed to a more comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services over the next 48 hours
- 14 new cases in New Zealand

- 67 new cases in Argentina
- 48 new cases in Mexico
- 25 new cases in Uruguay
- 14 new cases and 1 new death in Colombia (1st death in the country)

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22/03/2020

This is what is the new normal in the Czech Republic. These are Czech news. Everyone is required to leave a house with a face mask on. 😷 There are fines if people don’t wear them. I am thankful for such strict rules. I believe it will help to stop the virus from getting out of control. Czech Republic has so far zero fatalities. Stay safe everyone! 💕

21/03/2020

Coronavirus Updates:
- 3355 new cases and 233 new deaths in Spain
- 1635 new cases and 5 new deaths in Germany
- 966 new cases and 123 new deaths in Iran
- 637 new cases and 30 new deaths in the Netherlands
- 558 new cases and 30 new deaths in Belgium
- 571 new cases and 2 new deaths in Switzerland
- 260 new cases and 6 new deaths in Portugal
- 186 new cases and 3 new deaths in Luxembourg
- 144 new cases in Australia, bringing Australia's total coronavirus cases to over 1000 after NSW announced 83 new cases
- 136 new cases and 1 new death in Austria
- 165 new cases in Pakistan
- 47 new cases and 2 new deaths in Singapore (First 2 deaths in the country)
- 89 new cases in Thailand: the largest single-day rise in cases
- 81 new cases and 6 new deaths in Indonesia
- 77 new cases and 1 new death in the Philippines
- 17 new cases in China, Hong Kong

21/03/2020

Coronavirus Updates:
- 391 new cases and 19 new deaths in the United States
- 140 new cases in Australia, bringing Australia's total coronavirus cases to over 1000 after NSW announced 83 new cases
- 53 new cases in Finland
- 41 new cases and 1 new death in Austria
- 38 new cases in Croatia
- 38 new cases in South Africa
- 21 new cases in Norway

- 41 new cases, 7 new deaths (all in Hubei), and 590 new discharges occurred in China
- 147 new cases and 8 new deaths in South Korea
- 153 new cases and 1 new death in Malaysia
- 81 new cases and 6 new deaths in Indonesia
- 77 new cases and 1 new death in the Philippines
- 89 new cases in Thailand: the largest single-day rise in cases since the outbreak began in January. Most are related to a boxing match and various entertainment venues in Bangkok, while 6 are a group of Thais who traveled to Malaysia for a Mosque event
- 26 new cases in India
- 17 new cases in Kuwait.
- 17 new cases in Hong Kong
- 18 new cases in Taiwan: all imported
- 5 new cases in Brunei Darussalam

20/03/2020

Ali Raja, MD and Shuhan He, MD emergency physicians from Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. We're back to report from the front lines of COVID-19.

I think it’s really important we wear full PPE, which includes gowns, gloves, face masks, and eye shields. The virus has been shown to aerosolize and also be able to spread via our eyelashes. What we recommend healthcare workers do is to have an observer - someone to watch them take on and take off this PPE, since many things often get missed and it’s easy to contaminate yourself if you’re not careful. For example, I may touch my face accidentally while pulling off my mask. It’s like when you’re scuba diving: have a buddy and have a checklist so you don’t drown.

The truth is we’re all rationing right now. Part of the reason that we’re doing this AMA is that we want people to understand that while, yes masks work, healthcare workers absolutely NEED them right now. We see our colleagues across the country getting ill every day - who will take care of the sick patients when all of the healthcare workers are all ill themselves? So /u/Drgrundle we totally agree that we need as many facemasks and N95's possible. To be clear, even at MGH, we are trying to ration and clean and reuse as much as possible, because we are all at a critically short supply as well. It is a frustrating situation.

That's why we're asking all non-healthcare workers, please self quarantine. That is the best protection. The CDC is recommending bandanas, scarves, and other homemade masks if you are able to make them. Try to consider the population as a whole and help us healthcare workers by leaving the disposable N95 masks on the shelves. You really don’t want us wearing homemade ones at work and then taking them from room to room. However, homemade masks (made from teacloth or regular cloth) may still confer a significant degree of protection, and you are likely fine to wear one to the grocery store. These masks likely won’t suffer from the limited supply issue we’re having with manufactured facemasks. We are asking the public to help in this way.

TL;DR Please wear N95 if you can. Otherwise, save, reuse, and frankly we're just all hoping for the best right now

https://twitter.com/AliRaja_MD

20/03/2020

Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43

When Danni Askini started feeling chest pain, shortness of breath and a migraine all at once on a Saturday in late February, she called the oncologist who had been treating her lymphoma. Her doctor thought she might be reacting poorly to a new medication, so she sent Askini to a Boston-area emergency room. There, doctors told her it was likely pneumonia and sent her home.

Over the next several days, Askini saw her temperature spike and drop dangerously, and she developed a cough that gurgled because of all the liquid in her lungs. After two more trips to the ER that week, Askini was given a final test on the seventh day of her illness, and once doctors helped manage her flu and pneumonia symptoms, they again sent her home to recover. She waited another three days for a lab to process her test, and at last she had a diagnosis: COVID-19.

A few days later, Askini got the bills for her testing and treatment: $34,927.43. “I was pretty sticker-shocked,” she says. “I personally don’t know anybody who has that kind of money.”

Like 27 million other Americans, Askini was uninsured when she first entered the hospital. She and her husband had been planning to move to Washington, D.C. this month so she could take a new job, but she hadn’t started yet. Now that those plans are on hold, Askini applied for Medicaid and is hoping the program will retroactively cover her bills. If not, she’ll be on the hook.

She’ll be in good company. Public health experts predict that tens of thousands and possibly millions of people across the United States will likely need to be hospitalized for COVID-19 in the foreseeable future. And Congress has yet to address the problem. On March 18, it passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which covers testing costs going forward, but it doesn’t do anything to address the cost of treatment.

While most people infected with COVID-19 will not need to be hospitalized and can recover at home, according to the World Health Organization, those who do need to go to the ICU can likely expect big bills, regardless of what insurance they have. As the U.S. government works on another stimulus package, future relief is likely to help ease some economic problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but gaps remain.
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Getting hospitalized in the U.S. for COVID-19 may cost thousands. How much of that you'll pay depends on your insurance.

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