None of the top 100 are in Africa. The first one is Tunisia, then Morocco and Algeria. The first sub-Saharan country is South Africa.

With the usual caveat about the reliability of the data.

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 

Agreed, equally people don’t always work where they live.

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 

Re. Valance he did say time and time again that at this stage you cannot put a number or timeframe on this situation. However people want the situation to be quantified regardless of the fact the data and evidence for that are not present.

Watch any interview and you will see the medics and scientists pushed again and again to give impossible numbers and timings. The smallest sniff of any reply will be plastered over the news as an “expert claims...”.

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

This is significant:

Fewer than one in five healthcare workers who suspected they had coronavirus actually tested positive for the disease, according to one of the first published UK studies of mass testing on NHS workers.

Scientists from Sheffield, which started testing all symptomatic healthcare workers a fortnight before much of the rest of the UK, have published research showing that 81% of staff reporting symptoms tested negative.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/10/coronavirus-uk-live-boris-johnson-still-in-hospital-as-public-urged-to-stay-home-for-easter

1) If healthcare workers aren't able to differentiate the symptoms effectively the rest of us almost certainly can't. Therefore, many of those people who had "corona virus earlier this year" very probably didn't. A few of course probably did.

2) The report discusses results from the two weeks following March 17th. That was before NHS worker testing was accelerated. Therefore, it's very possible that in recent days the increased number of tests done on NHS worker has artificially pushed down the UK's positive test percentage. That could be a worry. 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Ha, I had sorted from smallest....whoops

Originally Posted by: speckledjim 

i think the tests are still unreliable and coming up negative when people are infected. In the same way as another article I read today saying that a third of people who were tested positive had undetectable antibodies weeks later, and people on the Diamond Princess were randomly testing positive and negative then positive again.

This virus seems very good at hiding.

Originally Posted by: Darren S 

i think the tests are still unreliable and coming up negative when people are infected. In the same way as another article I read today saying that a third of people who were tested positive had undetectable antibodies weeks later, and people on the Diamond Princess were randomly testing positive and negative then positive again.

This virus seems very good at hiding.

Originally Posted by: Darren S 

Scotland has reported 48 deaths in the latest period. Well down on the previous 24 hours so I would expect England to see a similar reduction in the English stats shortly. As I said earlier I expect today's stats and those for the rest of the Easter period to be misleading. The weekend effect on steroids potentially.

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Scotland has reported 48 deaths in the latest period. Well down on the previous 24 hours so I would expect England to see a similar reduction in the English stats shortly. As I said earlier I expect today's stats and those for the rest of the Easter period to be misleading. The weekend effect on steroids potentially.

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

This is significant:

Fewer than one in five healthcare workers who suspected they had coronavirus actually tested positive for the disease, according to one of the first published UK studies of mass testing on NHS workers.

Scientists from Sheffield, which started testing all symptomatic healthcare workers a fortnight before much of the rest of the UK, have published research showing that 81% of staff reporting symptoms tested negative.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/10/coronavirus-uk-live-boris-johnson-still-in-hospital-as-public-urged-to-stay-home-for-easter

1) If healthcare workers aren't able to differentiate the symptoms effectively the rest of us almost certainly can't. Therefore, many of those people who had "corona virus earlier this year" very probably didn't. A few of course probably did.

2) The report discusses results from the two weeks following March 17th. That was before NHS worker testing was accelerated. Therefore, it's very possible that in recent days the increased number of tests done on NHS worker has artificially pushed down the UK's positive test percentage. That could be a worry. 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

This is significant:

Fewer than one in five healthcare workers who suspected they had coronavirus actually tested positive for the disease, according to one of the first published UK studies of mass testing on NHS workers.

Scientists from Sheffield, which started testing all symptomatic healthcare workers a fortnight before much of the rest of the UK, have published research showing that 81% of staff reporting symptoms tested negative.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/10/coronavirus-uk-live-boris-johnson-still-in-hospital-as-public-urged-to-stay-home-for-easter

1) If healthcare workers aren't able to differentiate the symptoms effectively the rest of us almost certainly can't. Therefore, many of those people who had "corona virus earlier this year" very probably didn't. A few of course probably did.

2) The report discusses results from the two weeks following March 17th. That was before NHS worker testing was accelerated. Therefore, it's very possible that in recent days the increased number of tests done on NHS worker has artificially pushed down the UK's positive test percentage. That could be a worry. 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Can coronavirus cause permanent damage?

There is evidence that COVID-19 could cause long-term lung and kidney problems.

"According to WHO, SARS, a type of coronavirus that behaves similarly to COVID-19, did the same thing to the lungs of those affected by it and led to permanent damage to these people's ability to breathe normally. 

All this would suggest that for a small number of people who are severely affected by the disease, breathing normally may never be the same again and getting short of breath on minimal exertion or requiring medication to help you breathe may become the norm."

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/doctor-note-coronavirus-permanent-damage-200410112235801.html

Originally Posted by: RobN 

Yes, this is my view  as well.

Regional lock-downs, won't work in the   UK, we are too densely populated. .  People will just migrate a few miles to an area with laxer  arrangements and what happens in a  company when all your apprentices  and trainees can go back to work  but the line  managers and  department heads  can't ?.

Originally Posted by: Bugglesgate 

Of the 866 deaths in England announced today

• 117 on April 9th - Yesterday


• 720 between April 1st and April 8th


• 29 in March including 1 on March 5th

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Breaking: NHS England have announced 866 new deaths 

56 had no known health conditions

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

953 UK deaths from COVID-19 have been reported today:

England: +866

Wales: +29

NI: +10

Scotland: +48

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013