Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 23rd April 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 23rd April 2020
This update will be published daily at 12pm GMT and aims to provide clinicians and the public with an overview of the latest data, guidelines, key publications and policy around COVID-19, with links to essential resources and information.
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Global Impact of COVID-19 to Date
As of 23rd April 09:00 (GMT)
COVID-19 Cumulative Global Cases
As of 23rd April 11:00 (GMT)
Source: World Health Organisation
COVID-19 Global Active Cases Map
As of 23rd April 09:00 GMT
Total UK COVID-19 Cases
As of 22nd April
NB: Public Health England has now moved to a different reporting time for UK COVID-19 fatalities, as family consent is now needed to release mortality statistics. Hence the reported figures may not actually be the deaths that have taken place over the past 24 hours, meaning caution needs to be exercised when comparing figures from one day to the next.
Source: Public Health England
COVID-19 Cumulative UK Cases
As of 22nd April
Source: Public Health England
COVID-19 Daily UK Cases
As of 22nd April
Source: Public Health England
COVID-19 in the African Region
As of 22nd April 11:00 (GMT)
Source: World Health Organisation
COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
As of 22nd April 11:00 (GMT)
Source: World Health Organisation
COVID-19 Key Data
Source: Financial Times
Source: Financial Times
Latest Developments
Africa
Wellcome and DFID support Africa COVID-19 continental response with € 2.26 million
How South Africa Flattened Its COVID-19 Curve
COVID-19 Corona Virus: South African Resource Portal
Amref COVID-19 Africa Information Centre
WHO Africa Dashboard: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Asia
COVID-19: Countries across Asia tighten measures
4 more weeks of social restrictions for Jakarta as Indonesia's COVID-19 cases near 7,500
ASEAN Briefing: The Coronavirus in Asia and ASEAN – Live Updates by Country
Channel News Asia: COVID-19 map
Middle East
Fears over hidden Covid-19 outbreak in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria
Fears over hidden Covid-19 outbreak in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria
Europe
EU COVID-19 recovery plan must be green and ambitious, say MEPs
Germany and Norway ease lockdowns but Spain and France hold off
United Kingdom
Coronavirus: Human trials of a UK COVID-19 vaccine get under way
Coronavirus: UK to have 'socially disruptive measures' until at least the end of the year
UK plans to test 300,000 for coronavirus immunity
Fit testing face masks to avoid transmission during the coronavirus outbreak
USA
US top health official warns that second Covid-19 wave could be 'even more destructive'
Opinion: U.S. Must Avoid Building Racial Bias Into COVID-19 Emergency Guidance
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
US Coronavirus (COVID-19) website
Latest COVID-19 Publications
Some key recent publications to be aware of:
Coronavirus: Why are international comparisons difficult?
Published 21st April 2020
BBC article on how country COVID-19 reporting and statistics may vary. An informative and accessible summary on how to evaluate data and news. Relevant for anyone interested in knowing more about how to spot "fake news" and how to critically appraise articles.
COVID-19 in the USA: a question of time
Published 18th April 2020
Editorial from the Lancet on the USA response and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. With many countries across the globe in lock-down or in emergency measures, governments and clinical advisory bodies are being critiqued about their plans and strategies on dealing with the pandemic. Have a look at this perspective on the USA response, what do you think about this and how has your local policy been handled?
Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19
Published 15th April 2020
SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding may begin 2 to 3 days before the appearance of the first symptoms. Study analysing the temporal patterns of viral shedding in 94 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and modeled COVID-19 infectiousness profiles from a separate sample of 77 infector–infectee transmission pairs.
Sarah Gilbert: carving a path towards a COVID-19 vaccine
Published 18 April 2020
Perspective from Prof. Sarah Gilbret, Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford in the UK. About how close we are to a vaccine to control the pandemic.
Daily Update by Dr Rachel Coles, MedShr Open Editorial Team, Medical Education Teaching Fellow
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