Wuhan virus 2020

[Mr Quatro]

https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-...itive-covid-19

Other notable leaders to test positive include Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez, 53, and Luis Abinader, 53, the elected president of the Dominican Republic. Anez said she was feeling better after she was in isolation back in July, while Abinader spent weeks in isolation before the country’s July election.

In India, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.

"He is, however, asymptomatic and in good health," according to a tweet by his office. "He has been advised home quarantine."

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Another Dominic who's been a twonk, Dominic West on GMB (Good Morning Britain) this morning, revelling in the presidents positive test in front of Kate Garraway, who's husband was in one of the really serious covid cases earlier this year.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...y-b745361.html

[Gerald]

She is told it's "pretty clear" she should "reflect on her position" by the head of the SNP in Westminster.

MP Margaret Ferrier is to be investigated by the police after she travelled between London and Glasgow despite knowing she had coronavirus.

https://news.sky.com/story/margaret-...reach-12087535

Good move Margaret...

[Skybird]

I do not "leap in joy" over Trump, but I stick to what I said earlier yesterday: its fair and just that he now must share the fate that he helped so hard to bring upon tens and hundreds of thousands of Americans who could have escaped it if he would not have so fundamentally agitated against taking Covid serious.


And different to most of the victims of his policy and agitation and propaganda and ill exmaple-setting, he has access to very priviliged medical help. Once again, like so often in his life, it is the others taking the brunt of the conseqeunces of his decisions.

Not leaping in joy. But then: not feeling any pity as well.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Gerald

Good move Margaret...

Already covered in the UK Politics thread https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...ostcount=12897

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

President Trump is in hospital after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

The White House said the move was out of an "abundance of caution" and his doctor said he was "doing very well"

Ex-adviser Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager Bill Stepien and two Republican senators - Mike Lee and Thom Tillis - all test positive.

Joe Biden, who debated the now Covid-positive US president on Tuesday, has tested negative.

First Lady Melania Trump also has the virus and is recuperating at the White House.

Trump, 74, has been criticised for playing down severity of virus and often spurning masks and social distancing.

In other news, more than a third of the UK's population are now under heightened restrictions.

More than 34 million cases have been confirmed globally with around 1.02 million deaths, Johns Hopkins University says.

[Jimbuna]

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

More than 34 million cases have been confirmed globally

Math wise (which I am not) does this compute to 20% or so for the USA vs the whole world?

7,420,609 cases USA vs 34,000,000 global cases

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Math wise (which I am not) does this compute to 20% or so for the USA vs the whole world?

7,420,609 cases USA vs 34,000,000 global cases

I really couldn't say but that is the impression the figures appear to be giving

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Math wise (which I am not) does this compute to 20% or so for the USA vs the whole world?

7,420,609 cases USA vs 34,000,000 global cases

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I really couldn't say but that is the impression the figures appear to be giving

Additionally the world's announced death toll: around 1,000,000 vs the American deathtoll: approx. 214,000( actual:213,716) would tend to reflect a consistent 20%+- ballpark rate(actual:21.3716%)....

[Jimbuna]

President Trump, who is spending a second night in hospital after being diagnosed with Covid-19, says: "I'm doing well"

Earlier, doctors said he was responding well to treatment but the White House chief of staff then spoke of "critical" days ahead.

Trump's doctor says he misspoke when he said the president had been diagnosed more than a day before he told the nation.
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Meanwhile the UK announced more than 10,000 new cases on Saturday - but the spike was partially blamed on a technical issue with counting.

US First Lady Melania Trump is among a growing group of people around Mr Trump who also have the virus - she is recuperating at the White House.

Trump, 74, has been criticised for playing down severity of virus and often spurning masks and social distancing.

[Jimbuna]

Thousands of Israelis have protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. The street protests took place in defiance of a new law imposing curbs on public gatherings, with the largest crowds seen in Tel Aviv.

The human rights group Amnesty International has said Australia risks action at the United Nations if it fails to bring home thousands of its citizens left stranded overseas because of travel restrictions in place due to the pandemic.

Also in Australia, daily infections in the hotspot state of Victoria rose on Sunday. But officials there said restrictions are still likely to be eased if the broader trend of falling cases continues.

And more than 3m people in Madrid have had new restrictions imposed on their lives as Spain tries to control the most serious second wave of infections in Europe. People there can travel outside their home districts for essential journeys only.

There have been almost 35m confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide with more than 1m deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US which is tracking the data.

[Jimbuna]