Ireland and transatlantic differences
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Ireland
https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/c36c85-covid-19-coronavirus/#
Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer, Health Service Executive
Treat others as if they had the virus
Increasing exponentially
We know the virus is out of control
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/02/ireland-covid-cases-surge-as-health-official-warns-virus-is-absolutely-rampant
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan
Unfortunately, we expect this to get worse before it gets better.
Our health system will not continue to cope with this level of impact
We have also seen a significant increase in positive laboratory tests in recent days reflecting a true increase in the incidence of the disease
Non-essential shops closed
Travel limit, 5km
Restrictions on household gatherings
Schools staying closed.
New variant
16 cases diagnosed
Proportion, 24.9%
ICU beds
Estimates vary from 230 up to 350
Flights between the UK and Ireland resumed
UK
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases
Cases, 54,990 + 58,784 + 60,916 = 2,774,479
Hospitalised, + 2,434 + 3,075 = 23,857 (ventilated, 1,847)
Previous peak, 12 April = 21,683
Deaths, + 830 = 76,305
Deaths, + 3,270 = 82,624
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19roundup/2020-03-26#health
ONS, 12 to 18 December 2020
England, 645,800, 1 in 85
Wales, 1 in 60
Scotland, 1 in 140 people
Last week, 1 in 4 deaths involved COVID-19
United States
CDC trends
https:/covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
https://covidtracking.com
Cases, + 214,378 = 20,825,758
Up 7.8% in 7 days
Hospitalizations, 131,195 (23,509) (7,976)
Deaths, 348,286
Los Angeles county is running out of oxygen
Army Corps of Engineers has also been called in
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/05/covid-hospitalizations-los-angeles-oxygen
Ambulance crews instructed to use oxygen only for their worst-case patients
http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhs/1101029_Directive_7-UseofOxygen.pdf
Not to bring patients to the hospital if they have little hope of survival
Several Los Angeles hospitals have turned away ambulances
Arizona, highest rate of coronavirus hospitalizations
Atlanta area, nearly every major hospital is almost full
Field hospitals reopening
South and West
Arizona, Nevada, Alabama, California, Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware
Deadly results of holiday gatherings yet to arrive
Saskia Popescu, epidemiologist, George Mason University
And all signs point to things getting a whole lot worse before they get better
Infection points
Infections picked up at Christmas were contagious by New Year
US, New variant B.1.1.7
Colorado,
California, San Diego County 32 cases
Florida
New York
Georgia
Vaccine administration protocols
FDA Statement on Following the Authorized Dosing Schedules for COVID-19 Vaccines
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-statement-following-authorized-dosing-schedules-covid-19-vaccines
Without appropriate data supporting such changes in vaccine administration, we run a significant risk of placing public health at risk,
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, 21 days
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, 28 days
Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the prioritisation of first doses of COVID-19 vaccines
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-the-prioritisation-of-first-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Oxford AZ, 2 doses 4 to 12 weeks apart
Pfizer, 2 doses 3 to 12 weeks apart
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)
will protect the greatest number of at risk people overall
in the shortest possible time
and will have the greatest impact on reducing mortality,
severe disease
and hospitalisations
and in protecting the NHS and equivalent health services.
second doses of both vaccines will be administered towards the end of the recommended vaccine dosing schedule of 12 weeks
Vaccine trackers
United States from CDC
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations
United States and Global
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
Canada
https://covid19tracker.ca/vaccinationtracker.html
Italy
https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMzg4YmI5NDQtZDM5ZC00ZTIyLTgxN2MtOTBkMWM4MTUyYTg0IiwidCI6ImFmZDBhNzVjLTg2NzEtNGNjZS05MDYxLTJjYTBkOTJlNDIyZiIsImMiOjh9
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