Worried about coronavirus part 10

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Previous thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/3836973-To-be-worried-about-coronavirus-part-9

updated data on this page every day at 2pm until further notice.
www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public#number-of-cases

It's not just like flu www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/yes-it-is-worse-than-the-flu-busting-the-coronavirus-myths

Why WHO not declaring a pandemic www.newscientist.com/article/2235342-covid-19-why-wont-the-who-officially-declare-a-coronavirus-pandemic/

Worldometer www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

BNO News bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/

Link to WHO report www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

The Lancet coronavirus hub - latest research and comment www.thelancet.com/coronavirus

JAMA coronavirus research centre jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/pages/coronavirus-alert

Local school has been closed at lunch time due to a step mum of student that has tested positive (recent travel to North Italy). The student had been in contact with step mum and spent time in their house recently and then subsequently attended school.

PHE have not recommended a school closure but the head teacher has made the decision to temporarily close until at least Friday.

Mum of student has been on local social media to reiterate that the student has not tested positive nor has she it is only the step mum. I think she is quite concerned that it might be automatically assumed her son has also got the virus when at the moment this is not the case.

When questioned whether she would self isolate her son she has responded that she is still "debating" as Public Health have told her he is ok as long as he doesn't show any symptoms.

I am really confused by the advice from PHE as I thought that the virus could have asymptomatic transmission and pass from a person who has the virus but doesn't necessarily have any symptoms?

They’re saying people on zero hour contracts can claim statutory sick pay. But they won’t get paid for the first three days and the amount they receive is probably less than a third of their normal salary. So they still aren’t going to self isolate because they can’t afford to.

Another big problem is that many employers falsely class staff as “self employed” to get around employment legislation. I was a teacher and was classed as self employed despite the fact that I taught in the same school for five years. I couldn’t afford to be off sick because as a “self employed” person I couldn’t claim any sick pay at all, not even statutory sick pay.

Have they said where the new cases are??

Slightly reassuring to see that Italy had no new cases
Don’t they report at 18h?

Will airports give out face masks or should I buy some? Which kind? I don't want to take away from those who need but feel a flight i should have one?

It feels for me as if the death rate is overstated as a %.

At the moment it is a best guess - and based mostly on the reported Chinese figures, not UK ones.

@AvocadoOwl oh, ok. 😬

Will airports give out face masks or should I buy some? Which kind? I don't want to take away from those who need but feel a flight i should have one?

If you manage to actually even find any for sale, can you let us know where?

What I would really like to know is how many of the new cases have travelled abroad recently, or are connected to someone who has travelled abroad. That tells us far more than where they are located does.

There's no way Italy will report less than several hundred at their announcement time

@SunburstsOrMarbleHalls are you on the Wirral?

Hilbre High School has sent pupils home after a lad's step mother has tested positive... My niece and nephew go there...

@toysoldier local to me too.. very local!

How are people finding out where the new cases are? Just from their own/local social media? Why don’t they release information as to the new cases whereabouts when they release the numbers?

Italy don't report till after 5pm

Ivo Cilesi, one of the world's leading experts on Alzheimer's disease, has died of coronavirus in Italy. Among other things, he devised several methods of therapy that helped people suffering from the disease to reduce the symptoms of the disease.

He was only 62 years old

How do I add a photo?

| 2nd confirmed #coronavirus case hits #NewYork

I’m trying to share a map with new UK cases and how they contracted it

amz That's sad. Sounds like he did a lot of good.

These statistics are all real people and every one is a tragedy for the families.

ITALY— Ivo Cilesi, one of the world's leading experts on Alzheimer's disease, has died of #coronavirus in Italy. Among other things, he devised several methods of therapy that helped people suffering from the disease to reduce the symptoms of the disease.

#CZECH REP- Restrictions applied at University of Brno. Lectures, student trips, conferences, library and gym are closed. 15 measures will apply from tomorrow. (With only 4 cases of #Coronavirus in the country, talk about measures)

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I don't have a paperclip on mine either! Maybe link?

Do the WHO have a video meeting every day,?