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Coronavirus Epidemic 2020

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A collection of resources about the Coronavirus and its global impact, with videos and websites that accurately and scientifically help us understand what this is and how to deal with it.

[LIVE] Coronavirus Pandemic: Real Time Counter, World Map, News. Considerations for Schools. As some communities in the United States open K-12 schools, CDC offers the following considerations for ways in which schools can help protect students, teachers, administrators, and staff and slow the spread of COVID-19.

Considerations for Schools

Schools can determine, in collaboration with state and local health officials to the extent possible, whether and how to implement these considerations while adjusting to meet the unique needs and circumstances of the local community. Implementation should be guided by what is feasible, practical, acceptable, and tailored to the needs of each community. School-based health facilities may refer to CDC’s Guidance for U.S. Healthcare Facilities and may find it helpful to reference the Ten Ways Healthcare Systems Can Operate Effectively During the COVID-19 Pandemic. These considerations are meant to supplement—not replace—any state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety laws, rules, and regulations with which schools must comply. Maintaining Healthy Environments. (39) The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do. How coronavirus charts can mislead us. Tips for Face Mask Irritation and Acne from Dermatologists.

Good and Bad DIY Hand Sanitizer Recipes. What face masks actually do against coronavirus. COVIDView Weekly Summary. Two syndromic surveillance systems are being used to monitor trends in outpatient and emergency department visits that may be related to COVID-19.

COVIDView Weekly Summary

Each system monitors a slightly different syndrome, and together these systems provide a more comprehensive picture of mild to moderate COVID-19 illness than either would individually. Both systems are currently being affected by recent changes in healthcare seeking behavior, including increasing use of telemedicine and recommendations to limit emergency department (ED) visits to severe illness, as well as increased social distancing. These changes affect the numbers of people and their reasons for seeking care in the outpatient and ED settings. ILINet The U.S. Nationwide during week 16, 2.2% of patient visits reported through ILINet were due to ILI. . * Age-group specific percentages should not be compared to the national baseline. Overall Percentage of Visits for ILI | Age Group ILI Data ILI Activity Levels. Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) - Statistics and Research.

Coronavirus Update (Live): 4,041,447 Cases and 276,914 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer. How dangerous is the virus? There are three parameters to understand in order to assess the magnitude of the risk posed by this novel coronavirus: Transmission Rate (Ro) - number of newly infected people from a single caseCase Fatality Rate (CFR) - percent of cases that result in death Determine whether asymptomatic transmission is possible How contagious is the Wuhan Coronavirus?

(Ro) The attack rate or transmissibility (how rapidly the disease spreads) of a virus is indicated by its reproductive number (Ro, pronounced R-nought or r-zero), which represents the average number of people to which a single infected person will transmit the virus. WHO's estimated (on Jan. 23) Ro to be between 1.4 and 2.5. [13] Other studies have estimated a Ro between 3.6 and 4.0, and between 2.24 to 3.58. [23]. Preliminary studies had estimated Ro to be between 1.5 and 3.5. [5][6][7] An outbreak with a reproductive number of below 1 will gradually disappear. See full details: Coronavirus Fatality Rate. Capitalism And The American Pandemic Response. MUST DOs of pandemic hand skin care: DERM recommended. Why American Healthcare Is The Worst In The Developed World. Cases in U.S. More U.S.

Cases in U.S.

COVID-19 Data from CDC COVIDView A weekly surveillance summary of U.S. COVID-19 activity. The report summarizes and interprets key indicators including information related to COVID-19 outpatient visits, emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths, as well as laboratory data. Cases & Surveillance This website features links to different CDC data platforms, FAQs about data and surveillance, and highlights recent data reports. The US tested the wrong people for coronavirus. Why we're seeing mass layoffs in the US but not the UK. How Does Coronavirus Compare to Past Pandemics? Hair Tips for Protecting Yourself During a Pandemic + Protective Styles. WHO calls South America new coronavirus epicenter. Does Getting COVID-19 Make You Immune to It? Answers to Common DIY Hand Sanitizer Questions. How did we get here? Americans' response to coronavirus in March.

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