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Cid
Proper break this time
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hiraethified
Sad, but I hope he didn't influence anyone with his stupidity
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Covid, U.S. sanctions force Iranians to confront a ‘dark’ future
Iranians are suffering from interlinking maladies: the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, intensifying U.S. sanctions and a collapsing economy.
www.nbcnews.com
Level 5 lockdown for 6 weeks starting tomorrow night in Ireland.
www.gov.ie
Ireland placed on Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19
Level 5 restrictions will remain in place for a period of 6 weeks.
crossthebreeze
Well-Known Member
Yes my parents live there (both over 70 with health probs), and their GP got in touch with them last week and told them to shield in a much stricter way than they were told to in March, and they said now there are cases in the small town they live in, which there hasn't been before.
bimble
floofy
i'm sorry crossthebreeze that must be really worrying for you and them. I was in Czech early last month, to see my parents (they don't live there were just visiting) and from one day to the next the government brought mandatory mask wearing back in (for all indoor places) but there was no sense of the impending disaster that's going on now. Would really like to understand how this happened, how come they were doing so well the first time round and then find themselves with the worst rate in europe.
From my short time there it looked like people were taking it more seriously than they are here - noticed for instance teenagers sat alone on near-empty trains wearing their masks properly, things like that.
From my short time there it looked like people were taking it more seriously than they are here - noticed for instance teenagers sat alone on near-empty trains wearing their masks properly, things like that.
2hats
Dust.
Human challenge trials, starting in January, to determine minimum infectious dose of the virus and infection dynamics.
www.imperial.ac.uk
UK researchers to explore human challenge studies for COVID-19 | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Researchers are set to explore a human challenge study with the virus that causes COVID-19, the first such study anywhere in the world.
www.imperial.ac.uk
Supine
Newt Member
Human challenge trials, starting in January, to determine minimum infectious dose of the virus and infection dynamics.
UK researchers to explore human challenge studies for COVID-19 | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Researchers are set to explore a human challenge study with the virus that causes COVID-19, the first such study anywhere in the world.
You know the shit has hit the fan when this kind of study is done. The ethics bar to allow it is much lower than normal.
Respect to the trial participants
2hats
Dust.
€88 tests to be offered to travellers flying from Heathrow to Italy (and Hong Kong)...
www.theguardian.com
...though if you skip that you can get a rapid test on arrival in Italy for €30.
Rapid one-hour Covid tests begin at Heathrow airport
Coronavirus tests that cost £80 offered to travellers to Hong Kong
€88 tests to be offered to travellers flying from Heathrow to Italy (and Hong Kong)...
...though if you skip that you can get a rapid test on arrival in Italy for €30.Rapid one-hour Covid tests begin at Heathrow airport
Coronavirus tests that cost £80 offered to travellers to Hong Kong
Its an interesting development and seems to be the way countries are going. If you want to avoid a 2 week quarantine you're going to need a very recent clear test. Interesting that the test is a saliva test and appears to be slightly less accurate than the nose and throat swab. Given the questions I have with the accuracy of the traditional test this does not inspire confidence.
Still, this is likely to be a template of getting things back to a level of normality. Its not perfect but it'll be good enough which is probably how the first few vaccines will be seen.
I wonder why they chose the HK flight then?
2hats
Dust.
The tests are only available for flights to jurisdictions where the LHR test is approved by the destination health authorities.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Interesting article here covering the second wave's spread across Europe, including a list of different restrictions that various countries have introduced.
www.vox.com
European countries with spiraling Covid-19 outbreaks are shutting back down
Europe’s new coronavirus wave may be worse than the first.
www.vox.com
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Sky News has been running a report on how bad things are in Belgium, 3 minute video in link below.
news.sky.com
Coronavirus: Hospitals face being overrun by COVID-19 in 'the new Lombardy'
The city of Liege is facing a public health crisis as one in four tests come back positive for the coronavirus.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Czech Republic going back into lockdown.
Breaking: New Czech anti-COVID-19 lockdown measures to close shops and services as of Thursday, October 22
Following a record rise in new COVID-19 cases, Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula announced the new lockdown restrictions at a press conference today
www.expats.cz
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
I'm not sure anyone is reading the thread I did on Russia but there's quite upsetting news out of there, 317 people dead which is the highest number ever, the authorities seem to be trying parts of the Barrington thingy until the vaccines are rolled out in a few months time 
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Infections spreading in new Irish communities, leading to (of course) a backlash against them 
With high rental prices pushing foreign students from Latin America, Asia and Europe into overcrowded housing, where they often share with up to a dozen other people, it’s not surprising the virus has spread among Brazilians. The Brazilian Left Front campaign group warned earlier this year that Brazilian students in Irish cities were “in a more vulnerable health position” as many have survived during the pandemic by working informally through food delivery.
It is understood that large numbers of Nigerians work as home carers, leaving them at greater risk of contracting the virus, while many Moldovans work in meat plants where a number of coronavirus clusters have occurred.
While the number of Filipinos who have tested positive for the virus appears quite low down on the HPSC list, the Filipino Consul has warned that its community is being “disproportionately affected” by the virus given the large numbers working in hospitals and as carers. About 16,000 Filipinos live in Ireland with the majority working in healthcare and hospitality.
Teresa Buczkowska, from the Immigrant Council of Ireland, said migrants were continuing to provide many essential services in this country and “pay the price of being at the front line”.
“Migrants are producing our food and are delivering it to our doorsteps. They are caring for our elders, keeping our hospitals clean and are providing essential medical care”. Migrants are also more likely to live in overcrowded conditions where they cannot practise social distancing or self-isolation, said Ms Buczkowska. She criticised the “backlash against migrant communities” during the coronavirus crisis, saying Irish lives would have been “much more affected by the pandemic if not for the migrants who stepped up”.
Nearly 400 Brazilians have tested positive for Covid-19 in Ireland, data shows
With high rental prices pushing foreign students from Latin America, Asia and Europe into overcrowded housing, where they often share with up to a dozen other people, it’s not surprising the virus has spread among Brazilians. The Brazilian Left Front campaign group warned earlier this year that Brazilian students in Irish cities were “in a more vulnerable health position” as many have survived during the pandemic by working informally through food delivery.
It is understood that large numbers of Nigerians work as home carers, leaving them at greater risk of contracting the virus, while many Moldovans work in meat plants where a number of coronavirus clusters have occurred.
While the number of Filipinos who have tested positive for the virus appears quite low down on the HPSC list, the Filipino Consul has warned that its community is being “disproportionately affected” by the virus given the large numbers working in hospitals and as carers. About 16,000 Filipinos live in Ireland with the majority working in healthcare and hospitality.
Teresa Buczkowska, from the Immigrant Council of Ireland, said migrants were continuing to provide many essential services in this country and “pay the price of being at the front line”.
“Migrants are producing our food and are delivering it to our doorsteps. They are caring for our elders, keeping our hospitals clean and are providing essential medical care”. Migrants are also more likely to live in overcrowded conditions where they cannot practise social distancing or self-isolation, said Ms Buczkowska. She criticised the “backlash against migrant communities” during the coronavirus crisis, saying Irish lives would have been “much more affected by the pandemic if not for the migrants who stepped up”.
Nearly 400 Brazilians have tested positive for Covid-19 in Ireland, data shows
Cloo
Banana for scale
My mum has told me that Eastern Slovakia where she is doesn't have many cases, other than one big cluster in one place - a Roma village (that's basically more like a shantytown) a few km away. Very worrying to think how badly COVID will impact on Roma communities there and in other parts of Eastern Eurpope - overcrowded, multigenerational households; people who will have low-paid manual type jobs they have to go out and do; and massive amounts of racism that mean many of those in power won't care about Roma deaths or wellbeing.
Supine
Newt Member
There are not enough face palms for this
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
There are not enough face palms for this
When I was about 6 I remember jumping around when it was raining to avoid the drops and keep dry
Supine
Newt Member
When I was about 6 I remember jumping around when it was raining to avoid the drops and keep dry
I used the running fast technique
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
41 thousand new cases in France
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Nine weeks of bloodshed: how brutal policing of Kenya's Covid curfew left 15 dead
Violent enforcement of lockdown has led to legal action aiming to force police reform and accountability
Not directly a result of the virus but an example of police in Kenya using lockdown measures to kill with impunity
Johnny Doe
Well-Known Member
So, considering whether to take the family to Tenerife for Xmas, if the 'non-essential travel' advice is lifted and normal travel insurance is therefore available. Can anyone who has spent more time looking at this comment on their much lower cases per million people? Less testing, more testing? Is the relevant metric actually active cases as a % of the population?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Thanks in advance for any help!
