worried about coronavirus (covid19) part 21

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Symptoms:
Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.

MERS came from camels, SARS from civet cats.

(Extracts from WHO)

Helpful links

The new PHE dashboard for monitoring covid-19 latest published UK figures
www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14

updated data on this page every day at 2pm until further notice.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-number-of-cases-in-england/coronavirus-covid-19-number-of-cases-in-england
Numbers for Wales (unknown update time)
phw.nhs.wales/topics/latest-information-on-novel-coronavirus-covid-19/

Look after yourself, help with managing your mental well-being, including for self-isolation here.
www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/

WHO media speech for world plan of action

updated data on this page every day at 2pm until further notice.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-number-of-cases-in-england/coronavirus-covid-19-number-of-cases-in-england

WHO advice for the public
www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

Its 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. Please provide updated link if possible, I haven't been able to make this one work.

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

For research on CV and babies:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2761659

Please add in other links for any wanting to increase their understanding and decrease their anxiety!

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Round up of one-liners gathered from the wisdoms across the threads, with links...

Work is progressing on vaccine, take 1yr -18 mths for safe use.
First human trials of vaccine started
www.livescience.com/us-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-recruiting.html

Advice for anxiety
www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself/Anxiety

WHO advice to the public
www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

Specialist asthma sufferers advice here:
www.asthma.org.uk/about/media/news/Coronavirus/

In the coming days, guidance for healthcare professionals on Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in pregnancy will be published by the RCOG, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Public Health England and Health Protection Scotland
....
www.rcog.org.uk/coronavirus-pregnancy

A plea,

• to remember to help food banks stay stocked up
• to give older, or maybe lone, neighbours your phone number with offers to help with shopping and medicine collections

Life expectancy of virus on surfaces
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195670120300463#

sodium hypochlorite drum to kill virus

The stance on profiteering from CV
www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-statement-on-sales-and-pricing-practices-during-coronavirus-outbreak

A survivors story - only ONE story remember!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-51714162/how-i-recovered-from-coronavirus-and-isolation

Irreversible lung damage? Aids/sars effects
amp.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/chinese-doctors-say-coronavirus-like-a-combination-of-sars-and-aids-can-cause-irreversible-lung-damage/news-story/f58f19c5eeae99b845c54e2d2b9305ca?__twitter_impression=true

The efficacy, or otherwise of sanitisers
www.bics.org.uk/coronavirus-dr-andrew-kemp-jp-phd-reports/

Sign the petition for action against CV19
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300403

Travelling, making other decisions around
exposure
read up, noone can decide for you, but be aware...
Your mode of transport (train/boat/plane) is unlikely to be disinfected.
You may not be welcome back at work (forced isolation unpaid because you decided to take risk)
Getting stuck in quarantine in another country, subjected to their health service and govt restrictions on you.
What happens with your dc and school upon return.
Holiday insurance cover?

Positive ways of coping

Exercise daily, out where you won't be in close proximity (greater than 2 metres)

Eat well, healthy foods, plenty of liquid

Include natural antivirals in diet and good levels of daily vit c, vit d

Rest

Take steps to address any raised anxiety, above what might be reasonable and normal steps for keeping viral hygiene under control.
Its normal to feel more anxious, and normal to take steps to manage situation by being well prepared.

Isolation Issues

Getting sufficient shopping in on low incomes, and/or vulnerable / already isolated

Keeping on top of KEY METERS - need to top up yet in isolation - what measures are there to help

Paying mortgage/rent (private & housing associations) if not receiving sick pay

Legislation that enforced isolation = sick (for sick pay purposes)

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Primary mode of transmission is airborne droplets.

Sneeze or cough into elbow (or tissue and bin it). Droplets can travel 2m.

Secondary means of transmission touch.

Hand wash to
Break the transmission cycle from hand to mouth, eyes, nose, or to others, by 20 seconds plus thorough hand washing (soap and water).

Alcohol breaks down the outer layer of virus to effectively kill, other methods may not.
(Anti bacterial does NOT do this and overuse may risk bacterial resistance).

Use 70% vol alcohol to any other additive

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Huge thanks to all contributors; for updates and trying to keep to trusted sources of information.

The community here has been supportive and respectful despite worries, and that can make a huge difference in unknown times.

thoughts go to all those affected, in whatever way.

I agree @BigChocFrenzy. Wet markets, whilst I appreciate are a cultural thing, should be a thing of the past.

@onalongsabbatical haha same here.

*BBC news addressing the toilet roll thing. They have gone to cushelle to show us they make five million rolls a day.

Haha toilet paper manufacturers will be rolling in it...money that is not shit wink*

People might be bulk buying now but we aren't using any more than we normally would because of corona so their demand will drop off again at some point. Throughout their financial year their figures will remain the same just that demand increased in one quarter.

So, to clarify, we were at 373 cases yesterday, witha total of 6 UK deaths as was released at 2.20pm yesterday with figures from 9am yesterday.

I know my council was not on the list yesterday but we have been informed by the local paper that there is 1 case where I live - well, the council area which is enormous.

Have had a message from my GP surgery. No one is to go to the surgery for any reason if they have any symptoms of a virus. Instead phone for advice. I wonder how many will ignore that.

The list of councils is 24 hours behind

@ofwarren Oh yes, I recall now... so it won't show until today but could have been in yesterday's numbers?

Oh yes that's true @Number12

Yeah, you would assume the one you found out about today, would be on tomorrows council update

So hang on I thought it was up to 80% of people could get coronavirus in the UK but I'm pretty sure Ian blackford said at PMQs that up to 80,000 people will get...

Now I could have easily misheard and I have baby brain but did anyone else catch what he said?

Didn't realise there was already another thread. they move so fast.

our office had a floor closed a few days back as someone came back from italy then got ill. No result yet.

It's since reopened but we now have 6 people off with similar symptoms (temp, cough etc) they have called 111 who won't give them a test as they havent been near anyone positive. Our office wont close until we get a positive result. To me, this seems like madness. what should I do?

Sockwomble it’s ludicrous isn’t it. The advice will consist of ‘have you been to blah blah/direct contact with blah blah blah’ and you’ll be told to stay at home anyway. I’m not sure I would be prepared to do that if my child was ill tbh.

Just sent 2 bottles of handgel to dd at uni (London) as she can't get it anywhere.
Did a top up shop this morning at Sainsbos. Lots of empty shelves.

DS at secondary school. Planning on keeping him off from Monday next week - hopefully govt will announce school closures by then.

Supposed to be going to the Canaries at Easter - fully expecting it to be cancelled.

It still seems surreal tbh.

103-year-old woman becomes oldest person to beat coronavirus t.co/3i8zDZ3cj9
The independent

Friend came home from Italy yesterday. No advice at all given when they landed. They are self isolating at home, but will everyone else on their flight be doing the same ?

Does anyone else worry what the announcement by Hancock will be tonight? It could just be like a party political broadcast of we are doing all we can an make sure you wash your hands while singing bloody happy birthday, or, it could be we are closing down schools etc.. and wanted to tell you all when the majority of you are at home and all settled in.

Lots of spending in that budget. Listening on R4

It does seem an odd time. I have a very suspicious mind though!

Im only worried that the statement is just going to be the same as before. Wash you hands and that's it.

From what I read @Eeyoresstickhouse the announcement is about Coronavirus.

just to say that alcohol gel recommended by GPwife (thank you btw) arrived this morning. I've decanted lots of it into 1kg Nutella jars (I have an embarrassing number of them) to give to DD1, my parents, my sister & my brother in law to decant into pump bottles (primark sell them for about £1 a pack, found in the makeup section). I've done bottles for dh's office & for the car. Obviously not a replacement for soap & water but sometimes you can't get to a sink.

*it could be we are closing down schools etc.. and wanted to tell you all when the majority of you are at home and all settled in. I suspect it is this...

FFS just found out my 83 year old mother (just getting over lung clots) has taken the bus to pay the rest of her balance on a holiday in May when it wasn’t due till the end April 👍🤔

I'm also more worried that the statement will be nothing really.

Maybe they'll update the current advuce to: sing happy birthday three times, have a lovely cuppa and check out the cheap cruise prices.