Thursday 12 March Global update

US
1,312 confirmed

Washington State, (370) mandatory social distancing, 250+ meetings, don’t want 60,000 cases by mid May with 2,000 deaths

MBA, NCAA behind closed doors

All travel from Europe suspended from midnight Friday midnight

San Diego, university classes moved online.

St Patrick’s cancelled

Nancy, Public health crisis

John’s Hopkins test

Best wishes to Mr and Mrs Hanks

UK
459 confirmed

Liverpool - ‘Upon return, he didn’t self-isolate, and went into work, and proceeded to operate on patients and mix with his colleagues.

Liverpool v Atletico Madrid

Start of the UK peak of the coronavirus epidemic is expected within the next fortnight

Over 27,000 tests increasing to 10,000 per day

Iran
10,000 confirmed
Extra 40,000 tests from WHO
Short of ventilatory
Short of oxygen

Still no official travel ban and people are getting ready for the Iranian new year by shopping.

10,000 shrines

Many government officials are sick

Gilan, Northern Iran, I know at least 4 of my friends and family who died recently by pneumonia. Report of 1,000 dead in this province

Peru
Closed their schools at the first case in the country.

Italy
12, 462 confirmed cases

827 deaths

Initial case with no epidemiological link suggests it had been circulating for some time

Occurred at influenza peak season

France
2,284
Macron has cleared his desk

South Korea
7,896
Reverse in downward trend
New cluster in Seoul, 90 workers in call centre

North Korea
No cases due to wonderful political leadership
Pool level of nutrition
Poor health systems

Germany
1,966 confirmed

Qatar
238 = 262
Foreign workers in one complex

Saudi
Pilgrimage sites closed, Mecca, Medina

Land borders closed

Airlines from 14 countries suspended

All educational establishments closed

All mass gatherings stopped

All football behind closed doors

All non-Saudis arriving at airports have to
prove the have been tested

All conferences, parties, human gatherings suspended

Closed effected city

Romania
47 confirmed, 12 000 tested until now

Export of medication (related to COVID19) restricted

Events, 100+ persons are banned, eg.

Churches, clubs (was 1000)

30 persons where fined until know for breaking quarantine.

Universities will be closed.

Museums will be closed until 31 March

Recommendation for all companies with over 99 workers,1/3 of people to start at 7:00 , 1/3 people to start at 8:00, 1/3 people to start at 9:00

Poland
31 confirmed cases.

Mostly major cities.

All schools are closed for 2 weeks.

All cinemas, theatres closed.

Starting to close museums, swimming pools in some areas.

All polish mosques will be closed. No catholic churches.

Universities started to close in major cities (Wroclaw, Krakow, Warszawa)

We have confirmed cases from people that return from Italy, Germany, UK or even Norway. So Italy is no longer primary source of infection. All cases from people returning abroad.

All mass events are cancelled (1000 or 500 if indoors)

Health minister Łukasz Szumowski : "This is not a time for fun, holidays and leisure. This is the mistake the Italians made"