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nismotrinidappa wrote:Swab results came back negative.. thank god.. but symptoms and cause of death and lungs, tests are very similar to covid
paid_influencer wrote:nobody in Parliament using the masks correctly, except for the MoH. Plenty of them have it hanging below the nose.
On every single one of them, it fitting real loose, requiring frequent adjustment and lots of hand-to-face contact. Them masks not well designed at all.
teems1 wrote:neilsingh100 wrote:T&T did a better job than New Zealand but don't expect any foreign media coverage.
New Zealand have claimed to elimited Covid19 from their island.
Trinidad has done remarkably well in controlling the virus but we aren't at New Zealand's level as yet to make that declaration.
Coronavirus could be causing new inflammatory condition in children, UK health officials warn
PUBLISHED TUE, APR 28 20209:29 AM EDT
UPDATED MOMENTS AGO
Health officials in the U.K. are warning that Covid-19 could be causing a new and rare inflammatory condition in children.
Britain’s Paediatric Intensive Care Society said Monday the National Health Service alerted it to a small number of critically ill children presenting with “an unusual clinical picture.”
The society noted that many — but not all — of the children with symptoms of the new inflammatory disease had been diagnosed with Covid-19. The condition was likened to toxic shock syndrome and Kawasaki disease.
Toxic shock syndrome is a rare, life-threatening condition caused by bacteria getting into the body and releasing harmful toxins. Symptoms include a high temperature, a sunburn-like rash and flu-like symptoms such as a headache and sore throat. Kawasaki disease causes swelling of heart’s blood vessels and mainly affects children under the age of 5, according to the U.K.’s NHS. Symptoms include a rash, swollen glands in the neck, dry or cracked lips and red fingers or toes.
Symptoms of the condition
Common symptoms of the new inflammatory condition include abdominal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms and cardiac inflammation, the society said.
“An early case report relating to Covid-19 presenting as Kawasaki syndrome has been published recently, and PICS is aware of a small number of children nationally who appear to fit the clinical picture described in the NHS England alert,” the organization added.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4′s “Today Programme” on Tuesday, Dr. Sanjay Patel, a consultant in pediatric infectious diseases at Southampton Children’s Hospital in England, likened the illness to sepsis — a life-threatening reaction to an infection — but added there were “most definitely” ways it could be treated.
“Over the last few years there’s been a huge narrative about sepsis, parents are on the lookout for cold hands and feet, difficulty breathing, lethargy, and it presents similarly to that,” he said. “These children will end up in hospital, front line doctors will initially treat this as sepsis and these children initially don’t improve with antibiotics. It’s at that point that more investigations suggest this is an inflammatory condition that requires immune modulating treatment such as steroids and other drugs.”
‘Very worried’
The new coronavirus, which has infected more than 3 million people and caused 212,056 deaths globally to date, is widely understood to be less severe and cause fewer fatalities in children compared to adults.
However, speaking to U.K. radio station LBC on Tuesday, British Health Minister Matt Hancock said he was “very worried” about recent reports of children presenting with the new condition.
“We don’t know yet (if it can prove fatal),” he said. “It’s a new disease that we think may be caused by the Covid-19 virus — we’re not 100% sure because some of the people who got it hadn’t tested positive, so we’re doing a lot of research now but it is something we’re worried about. Although it is very significant for those children who do get it, the number of cases is small.”
He said the NHS had put out a call to doctors to be on alert for the condition and collate any information on children who were admitted to hospital with symptoms.
Meanwhile, Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, told reporters at the U.K. government’s daily coronavirus press conference on Monday it was “entirely plausible” the new condition could be brought on by Covid-19.
“This is a very rare situation, but I think it’s entirely plausible that this is caused by this virus at least in some cases, because we know that in adults big problems are caused by an inflammatory process, and this looks rather like an inflammatory process,” he said at Monday’s press briefing.
Whitty emphasized, however, that it was not clear the coronavirus was definitely the cause of the new condition in children, noting that experts needed to look for other potential causes.
“Given that we’ve got a new presentation of this at a time with a new disease, the possibility that there is a link is certainly plausible,” he said. “But … the number’s very small, the key thing is if parents are worried, then phone up and get advice. It’s very rare.”
‘Absolutely tiny numbers’
NHS England’s National Medical Director Steve Powis said at the press conference that it was important to note the condition — which had only been reported over the last few days — was rare, but should not be ignored.
“It’s important for this and other conditions, although very rare — I must emphasize rare — that you come forward to seek treatment and diagnosis as quickly as possible,” he advised parents.
Patel also stressed on the BBC’s “Today Programme” Tuesday that the new condition was very rare.
“It’s really important to get this into perspective,” he said. “This has generated a huge amount of alarm, (but) we’re talking about a tiny number of cases. Less than 10 children in the U.K. have been admitted to intensive care units with this shock-like condition that we’re calling an inflammatory condition, and that’s out of about 11.5 million under-16-year-olds in the U.K., so that’s absolutely tiny numbers.”
maj. tom wrote:Seeing some videos of the swabing procedure for covid testing. Looks painful.
pugboy wrote:Yes I agree the testing protocol or availability has been less than honest
A friend of mine wanted to get tested as he had regular flu in end of March and they refused him repeatedly.
At one point he was considering showing up at a public hospital, but thankfully he didn’t.
dean_spleen09 wrote:9 held for attending funeral
https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/ ... 2f8bf.html
how come people get hold in arouca and not couva ?
COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than the Vietnam War
U.S. coronavirus-related deaths reached a somber milestone on Tuesday, surpassing the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam War.
More than 58,300 Americans have died from COVID-19, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. That compares with the National Archives’ figure of 58,220 deaths from the Vietnam War, which lasted more than a decade.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 topped 1 million in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins.
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https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/st ... rs-caution
also https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coron ... 2020-04-29
sMASH wrote:dean_spleen09 wrote:9 held for attending funeral
https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/ ... 2f8bf.html
how come people get hold in arouca and not couva ?
they will have to get released.
Hope it's not a repost. Makes interesting reading.wing wrote:https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/strokes-among-young-covid-cases-worry-medics-6.2.1106690.8fefac117d
what fine?redmanjp wrote:sMASH wrote:dean_spleen09 wrote:9 held for attending funeral
https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/ ... 2f8bf.html
how come people get hold in arouca and not couva ?
they will have to get released.
probably pay a fine
MaxPower wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:Lol MaxDotish, answer the question, if Covid-19 is around for at least a year until we have vaccines, so we ever open our borders?
Dohplaydummy,
Its actually a good question but you’re mind is already set on your answer because of your Trini mentality.
Presently, we are unable to determine how long Covid19 will be around. How will we know for sure if it can be controlled? How can we ascertain the extent of it?........Time.
To answer your question, we are now in the early stages and it is imperative that we strictly adhere to measures as advised by our medical experts. Over and over and over DPD, we must practice proper/considerate hygiene, social distancing and staying at home. This will also include border closure which was/is/can be the main contributing factor.
UNTIL we are certain that Covid19 will prevail for an extended period of time, only then should we look at options to open our borders to our stranded nationals. We cannot completely close our borders for years, but it is reckless to be opening and closing our borders this soon. 10 May could have been a good time to update those outside on when they will be allowed to come in. We have to keep our healthcare resources for the people IN T&T and not
assume that because we have space for some irresponsible idiots it has to be a neverseecomesee situation.
But remember ur a Trini, and Trinis will support other Trinis regardless of their behavior and possible impact to society.
Slartibartfast wrote:MaxPower wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:Lol MaxDotish, answer the question, if Covid-19 is around for at least a year until we have vaccines, so we ever open our borders?
Dohplaydummy,
Its actually a good question but you’re mind is already set on your answer because of your Trini mentality.
Presently, we are unable to determine how long Covid19 will be around. How will we know for sure if it can be controlled? How can we ascertain the extent of it?........Time.
To answer your question, we are now in the early stages and it is imperative that we strictly adhere to measures as advised by our medical experts. Over and over and over DPD, we must practice proper/considerate hygiene, social distancing and staying at home. This will also include border closure which was/is/can be the main contributing factor.
UNTIL we are certain that Covid19 will prevail for an extended period of time, only then should we look at options to open our borders to our stranded nationals. We cannot completely close our borders for years, but it is reckless to be opening and closing our borders this soon. 10 May could have been a good time to update those outside on when they will be allowed to come in. We have to keep our healthcare resources for the people IN T&T and not
assume that because we have space for some irresponsible idiots it has to be a neverseecomesee situation.
But remember ur a Trini, and Trinis will support other Trinis regardless of their behavior and possible impact to society.
They could always make use of antibody testing to open the borders conditionally. Let people get a certificate from some recognised institution if the got a negative test result for COVID19 and a positive test result for the antibody. I'm not a qualified professional in this area though to I can't say how practical that idea is. Then again... shutting down the world for a year ent really that practical either so who knows...
Coronavirus: Outcry as Spanish beach sprayed with bleach
Authorities in a Spanish coastal resort have apologised after spraying a beach with bleach in an attempt to protect children from coronavirus.
Zahara de los Atunes, near Cadiz, used tractors to spray more than 2km (1.2 miles) of beach with a bleach solution a day before Spain allowed children out of lockdown for the first time.
Environmentalists say the move caused "brutal damage" to the local ecosystem.
Spain has been badly affected by the coronavirus, with 23,800 deaths.
It recently announced a four-phase plan to lift its stringent lockdown measures and return to a "new normality" by the end of June.
María Dolores Iglesias, who heads an environmental volunteer group in the Cadiz region, said she had visited the beach at Zahara de los Atunes and seen the damage for herself.
She said the bleach "killed everything on the ground, nothing is seen, not even insects".
The beach and its dunes are protected breeding and nesting places for migratory birds and Ms Iglesias said she had seen at least one nest with eggs destroyed by the tractors.
Ms Iglesias said that because of the lockdown, wildlife had been thriving on the beach.
"The beach has its own way of cleaning itself, it was not necessary," she said.
"They do not think that this is a living ecosystem, but a lot of land."
Local official Agustín Conejo admitted it was "a wrong move".
"I admit that it was a mistake, it was done with the best intention," he said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52471208
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