COVID-19 3-3-2020
Posted On March 3, 2020
COVID-19 Update 03/13/2020
New info
- Harvard Covid-19 Toolkit – including post for patient
- Tomas Pyeyo – Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now updated 3/13/20
- This article has received 24 million views in the last 72h.
- An indepth analysis of:
- How many cases of coronavirus will there be in your area?
- What will happen when these cases materialize?
- What should you do?
- When?
- Countries that act fast reduce the number of deaths at least by 10x.
- USA Today – US hospitals will run out of beds if coronavirus cases spike
- USA Today – Dine out or eat in
- Miami Herald – How the new coronavirus flight restrictions from Europe work
- Business insider – an interesting account of flying during the epidemic
- USA today – how coronavirus moved from one person to many in a matter of days
- CDC – Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities: clinic, church etc
- CDC – What to do if you are sick
US
- USAToday – US update
- Washington post – US case report
- CDC – US situation updates
- Reporting, Testing, and Specimen Collection
- immediately implement recommended infection prevention
- notify infection control personnel at their healthcare facility and state or local health department if a patient is classified as a PUI for COVID-19.
Texas
- TMA Covid-19 Infection FAQ for clinics
- State of Texas: DSHS COVID‑19 Call Center: 1-877-570-9779
- For local assistance, see the listing of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‑19) Local Health Entities.
World
- WHO – situation report – 49:
- WHO – situation report link
- Wiki – Timeline, and full statistics
- BBC – Visual guide
- SCMP – Visual explantion and update
For the Public
- Life Science – How does the new coronavirus compare with the flu?
- Harvard – As coronavirus spreads, many questions and some answers
- CDC – Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations
- Is facemask useful?
- NPR: How Helpful Are Face Masks In Preventing The Spread Of Disease?
- NPR – How To Prepare Your Home For Coronavirus