Coronavirus COVID-19 Weekly Update 6th July 2020

This update will be published weekly on Mondays 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 6th July 09:00 (GMT)

Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medicine

COVID-19 Cumulative Global Cases

As of 6th July 09:00 (GMT)

Source: World Health Organisation

Source: Public Health England

COVID-19 in the African Region

As of 6th July 09:00 (GMT)

Source: World Health Organisation

COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

As of 6th July 09:00 (GMT)

Source: World Health Organisation

Latest Developments

Africa

Kenyan communities taking the lead in curbing COVID-19 spread

Volunteering in Nigeria's COVID-19 battle

Middle East

Arab Healthcare innovation responds to pandemic

Arab institutions ramp up COVID-19 research

Migrant medical staff from the Middle East help fight COVID-19 in Europe

Asia

5 Southeast Asian countries report new COVID-19 cases

Europe

Rapid Risk Assessment: Resurgence of reported cases of COVID 19 in the EU/EEA, the UK and EU candidate and potential candidate countries

New 5-year programme for health in Europe on the agenda at virtual annual meeting

United Kingdom

UK coronavirus live: No 10 says it has given up attempt to provide daily figure for number of people tested for Covid

USA

Why do some infected with the coronavirus escape COVID-19 unharmed? It's probably their genes

Latest COVID-19 Publications and Opinion Articles:

Six months of coronavirus: the mysteries scientists are still racing to solve

Published 3 July 2020.

From immunity to the role of genetics, Nature looks at five pressing questions about COVID-19 that researchers are tackling.

A guide to R — the pandemic’s misunderstood metric

Published 3 July 2020.

What the reproduction number can and can’t tell us about managing COVID-19.

Weekly Update by Maryam Borumand, MedShr Open Editorial Team