Hot news update corona virus on Monday May 19, 2020

Hot news update corona virus on Monday May 19, 2020.

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The following is the remarkable news most on May 19 as follows:

1. US News:

More than 90,000 people have died from coronavirus in the US, and 1.5 million cases have been reported.

President Trump said he is taking daily doses of hydroxychloroquine. The death toll in the nation has topped 90,000.

Trump's ultimatum: President Donald Trump threatened to permanently pull US funding from the World Health Organization if it does not "commit to major substantive improvements in the next 30 days."

On May 18, announced to reporters, President Trump said he took hydroxychloroquine and zinc supplements daily for the past one and a half weeks to protect himself from infection with the new strain of corona virus. However, he did not say whether doctors would really recommend this drug.

According to The Hill newspaper, in a 114-letter letter issued by the White House hours later, Dr. Sean Conley wrote that President Trump is now "in good health and not infected". He said he discussed with the President the pros and cons of taking this medication, after one of his personal assistants tested positive for Covid-19.

However, the letter did not specify when Mr. Trump started taking the medicine or how to take it.

"After me and him some discussion of evidence supporting and against hydroxychloroquine use, we concluded that the potential benefit for treatment outweighs the risks involved," Dr. Sean Conley wrote. in the letter.

In his statement, Trump said he took hydroxychloroquine because he thought it was good. "I have heard many good stories about it. All I can tell you is that I'm fine so far," he said.

Meanwhile, the FDA says that Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have not been shown to be safe and effective for treating or preventing Covid-19. They are being studied in clinical trials for Covid-19, and we have allowed temporary use in pandemics to treat viruses in hospitalized patients without clinical testing. ”

According to AFP, University of Massachusetts scientists forecast that by June 6, the US may have about 112,000 deaths from Covid 19.

2. Covid-19 World update:

As of 6pm on May 19, according to Worldometers, the world recorded 4,884,738 cases of Covid-19, including 319,763 deaths casualties and 1,901,974 people recover.

120 countries including the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey supported the proposal of Australia and the EU to open an independent investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is expected that during the WHA meeting, an Australian and EU investigation proposal will be formally considered. General information indicates that the World Health Assembly (WHA) conference opened on May 18 in Geneva (Switzerland).

One noteworthy note is that people are returning to the beaches, parks and streets, when the weather is starting to heat up and in the context of many governments from Italy, Spain in Europe coming to the United States. First loosen anti-epidemic measures Covid 19.

As of May 19, more breathing air due to the extra lifting restrictions was clearly seen in Europe and the United States, since these places had been able to control the acute epidemic of coviditis. Europe, England, France and Italy all had less than 200 new deaths.

3. French News:

France currently records 179,927 cases of Covid-19, of which 19,015 remain under treatment in hospitals.

The French Ministry of Health said France had recorded 131 more Covid 19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 deaths to 28,239.

Notably, the number of Covid-19 patients under special treatment in France has decreased by 89, to 1,998 cases, for the first time below 2,000 since March 22. The game is an important measure of pressure on the hospital system, although it has been declining continuously since April 9 after peaking at 7,148 patients.

4. Indian News:

India recorded 4,970 new infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of people with Covid-19 nationwide to 101,139. The number of deaths also increased by 134, to 3,163, according to Reuters news agency.

The number of infections in India soon surpassed China, where the outbreak of Covid-19 in late 2019 was one of Asia's hotspots.

Across Asia, India is the third most infected country, after Turkey (150,593 cases) and Iran (122,492), according to worldometers.info morning 19 May.

Most recently, the Indian government decided to extend the blockade until May 31. However, many state governments say they will allow businesses to reopen to minimize the economic impact from spread restrictions on the country.

Meanwhile, Indian health officials and experts are worried about the burden that the Covid-19 epidemic is weighing on the already strained hospital system.

5. Russian news:

Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that measures had been taken to prevent "exponential spread" of the Covid-19 epidemic and hoped to begin clinical trials of the vaccine against Covid- 19 in the next few weeks.

Russia is currently testing prototypes of the Covid-19 virus vaccine in animals.

According to Worldometers' statistics, the number of Covid-19 infections in Russia has now reached 290,678 with 2,722 deaths and 70,209 people recovering. exponentially "of the Covid-19 epidemic and hope to begin clinical trials of the vaccine against Covid-19 in the next 6. Italian News:

On May 18, the Italian Civil Protection Agency announced an additional 451 cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 225,886. In particular, the number of deaths increased to 32,007 cases (an increase of 99 cases) and the number of recovery cases was 127,326 cases (an increase of 2,150 cases).

The Civil Protection Agency said the number of hospitalizations with symptoms continued to decline with a total of 10,207 cases (104 cases reduction), of which the number of active treatment cases was 749 cases (down 13 cases).

7. Egyptian News:

Egypt announced the discovery of an additional 535 cases of Covid-19, a record increase since the discovery of the first case in mid-February, bringing the total number of cases to 12,764.

The number of deaths due to COVID 19 in Egypt is currently 645, after an additional 15 deaths on May 18. Besides, the country also recorded an additional 268 Covid-19 patients discharged from the hospital. , bringing the total number of cured cases to 3,440 people.

Egypt has begun to repatriate its citizens abroad since March, after many countries closed airspace on commercial flights. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly hopes to repatriate all of the country's citizens trapped abroad before the Muslim Eid Al-Fitr holiday, scheduled to begin on May 24.

8. Sudan News:

South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar said in a statement on May 19 that he tested positive for Covid-19. Ms Angelina Teny, wife of the Vice President, who holds the position of Defense Minister, also had a positive result.

Up to now, South Sudan has recorded 339 cases of Covid-19, of which 6 died. Although the number of people infected is low compared to the common level of countries in the region, the public opinion said the actual number of the disease may be higher, due to the lack of conditions to detect diseases in South Sudan. In fact, only 3,908 tests were performed.

This week, South Sudan authorities said it had detected cases of covid 19 infection in a concentration camp of some 30,000 people in the capital Juba. These are people who have been forced to flee their homes to flee violence, have been counting on UN support and protection since 2013. Another case of infection has also been reported in a similar camp. itself in Bentiu, in the north of the country, which is hosting 120,000 refugees

9. South Africa News:

South Africa announced an additional 918 cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 16,433, including 286 deaths.

In the past 24 hours, South Africa has conducted Covid-19 testing for 14,198 people, bringing the total number of people tested in the country to 475,000 cases. Meanwhile, South Africa has recorded a total of 7,298 cases of Covid-19 from the disease.

South Africa has entered the 52nd day of a nationwide blockade order due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the plan, starting from the end of May, the country will relax the blockade order from level 4 to level 3 to gradually restore the operation of some key economic sectors.

10. Vietnam News:

The news at 6am on May 19 of the National Steering Committee for Epidemic Control of Covid-19 of Vietnam said that there have been no cases of Covid-19 in Vietnam for 33 days now.

To date, 263 cases have been reported, with 324 patients being cured, accounting for 81% of the total Covid-19 cases in Vietnam. The remaining 61 patients are being treated at 8 central and provincial health facilities.

11. Other notable news related to covid 19:

a. UK trains dogs to sniff people with Covid-19.

The UK government has spent more than $ 600,000 on research activities to find a simple, fast and non-invasive way to detect patients. Before being put to the test, dogs were trained for about 6 weeks to develop their sense of smell.

b. Hong Kong discovered that the pet of Covid-19 patient was also positive for the virus.

The Hong Kong authorities claimed to have isolated a pet dog from a Covid-19 patient after samples of his pet's nose and throat were found to be "weak positive" for the virus.

c. New discovery. Immune cells in healthy individuals have the ability to kill covid 19.

A recent study by a team of scientists from La Jolla Immunology Institute in San Diego (California, USA) shows that T immune cells in the blood of people who have recovered from a respiratory infection. Covid-19 class, capable of identifying and attacking new strain of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 during treatment.

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