International increases

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COVID -19, Global Update, June

Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, Chad, Central African Republic, (IRC)

Women make up less than 30 per cent of confirmed cases

Women significantly more likely to be carers or health workers

Globally women make up about 49 per cent of confirmed cases (WHO)

Major increase in rates of female genital mutilation

Increased numbers of forced marriages

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/low-numbers-women-official-coronavirus-statistics-conflict-ridden/

https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/violence/sexual_violence/en/

IRC data

https://www.rescue.org/press-release/new-data-shows-decrease-women-being-able-report-incidents-domestic-violence-fragile

Feb – March 2020, 50% decrease in reports in Bangladesh and 30% in Tanzania

Iraq, nearly two months without a reported case

For every 3 months of lockdown, there will be an additional 15 million cases of gender-based violence

IRC team in Kenya reports a 20% increase

El Salvador, IRC partners report a 70% increase among women seeking services.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jun/25/coronavirus-live-news-who-warns-of-global-oxygen-shortage-as-cases-rise-by-1m-per-week

Austria

Ischgl

Highest seroprevalence ever shown in a study

42.4% antibody positive

15% had previously tested positive, so 85 percent did not notice or had dismissed symptoms as a cold.

Greater Lisbon

Increase in cases

Some parts of the city will be locked down again, 29 June – 12 July

Leave home only to buy essential goods such as food or medication, and to travel to and from work.

US

Cases, + 34,700 + 36,358 = 2, 398,491

Deaths, 122,238

Late-April peak was 36,400 new cases per day

CDC, deaths reaching 150,000 in next month

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/serology-testing.html

Hotspots
Washington State
Utah
Arizona
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina

Florida

Cases, + 5,500

Rapid transmission in 18 – 34 years

California

29% increase in hospitalizations in 2 weeks

Texas

Pausing any further phases to reopen

Recent increase in positive Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations

North Carolina

Masks mandated

People can be charged with trespassing if they refuse to leave a business and don't have a mask on

War on plastic

Sea

‘fatbergs’ - made up of face masks, gloves and wipes, clogging up sewer systems in the US after they were flushed

UK

New cases + 3,612

Downward trend has now flattened (ONS community antigen survey)

5% of population = 3,300,000

Deaths, 43,314

Pubs, cafes and restaurants can apply for pavement trading licences

Makeshift stalls, tables, umbrellas, barriers and heaters if granted

Local authorities

Ministers, plan al fresco

Brixton riots, 22 police injured

Packed beaches in Dorset

10m antibody tests

1 in 7 London

1 in 20 UK

Quarter of patients transferred to the NHS Test and Trace system could not be reached to provide contacts.

6,923 cases transferred to the contact tracing system in the week

1,791 (25.9%) could not be reached by the manual tracing scheme

30,286 (81%) of people identified as close contacts of positive Covid-19 cases were reached and told to self-isolate

Israel

Eases restrictions at end of May

Surge in new coronavirus cases

Shin Bet has started tracing again

India

Cases, + 16,922 = 473,105

New Delhi, cases, + 3,788 = 70,390

Viral clusters

Coronavirus survey, taking health details from New Delhi’s 29 million

Plan to test all symptomatic by 6 July

Police to enforce physical distancing

Containment zones

Drones to ensure strict perimeter control

Iraq

Cases + 2,500 = 39,139

Deaths + 107 = 1,437

Hospitals across the country have been overwhelmed over the last week

NZ
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-lockdown-rules-uk-deaths-vaccine-social-distancing/

Expect about 12 cases per week from returners

Should be able to contain these