UK, cases rising
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
Public Health England
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-variants-genomically-confirmed-case-numbers/variants-distribution-of-case-data-18-june-2021
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-variants-identified-in-uk
Delta up by 33,630 since last week, now 75,953
99% of sequenced and genotyped cases across the country
Increased risk of hospitalisation with Delta compared to Alpha
As of 14 June
806 hospitalised with the Delta variant
Up 423 since last week
Of these,
527 were unvaccinated
84 of the 806 had received both doses
Majority of Delta cases were confirmed less than 28 days ago
Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency
Cases are rising rapidly across the country and the Delta variant is now dominant.
primarily in younger age groups, a large proportion of which were unvaccinated
Please make sure that you come forward to receive both doses of the vaccine as soon as you are eligible.
Don’t drop your guard – practise ‘hands, face, space, fresh air’ at all times.
Change in presentation
Cold like features
Symptoms now (since May)
Headache
Sore throat
Runny nose
Fever
Cough
No loss of smell
US, past week
Cases, down 23.7%
Deaths, down 31%
Hospitalizations, down 8.8%
Positivity rate, 1.9%
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
Israel
Seven-day incidence, 1.3 cases per 100,000 people
BioNTech-Pfizer and some Moderna
Sending 1.4 million doses to West Bank, PA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-vaccine-doses-palestinians/2021/06/18/73f8b67a-d013-11eb-a224-bd59bd22197c_story.html
Cooperative management of vaccine stocks
(Already supplied HCWs and 100,000 workers)
Chile
https://www.dw.com/en/chile-fresh-curfews-despite-vaccination-program-success/a-57890946
Most doses, Sinovac, inactivated virus vaccine
Brazilian gamma variant, mostly
Twice as infectious as the original virus
Santiago ICUs at capacity
Pandemic fatigue
False sense of security
Chinese vaccine to Malaysia
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysia-says-china-contribute-500000-doses-sinovac-vaccines-2021-06-16/
500,000 doses of Sinovac BioTech
Chinese vaccine to Brazil
Brazil seeking to diversify supply
60 million doses of CanSino
Second half of 2021
$17 per dose
Russia
Cases, + 13,397 = 5,220,168
(Moscow, cases, + 5782)
Deaths, + 396 = 127,576
Federal statistics agency, deaths = 270,000
Moscow
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/jun/16/coronavirus-live-news-new-york-hits-70-vaccination-target-japan-considering-10000-fans-at-olympics
Mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, Covid situation ‘dramatic’
12,000 people currently hospitalised in Moscow
Kim Jong Un
Cases, 0
Brace for extended Covid restrictions
Warns of food shortages
Indonesia
Population, 270 million
Cases, + 9,868 = 1.9 million
Deaths, 53,000
Stricter social distancing measures
Offices at 25% capacity
Delta variant more dominant
Jakarta, hospital capacity under stress
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