Yes, a good friend and tourist specialist said to me that health care capacities are fully reached out and that he fears an economic breakdown of Portugal, his native country and location of family. I live currently in Bavaria, with hard lockdown and curfew in the nighttime; healthcare capacities are not exhausted, but the economy is suffering already and things are no more stable as they used to be.
Thank you for joining this discussion Anton Vrdoljak Stephen I. Ternyik Benjamin Mwadi Makengo Ebrahim E. Elsayed
In Ukraine, a total of 1.24 million fell ill.
Almost 1 million have recovered. 23148 people died.
Dear Patrícia Alves please see this interesting recent link entitled "Portugal’s COVID surge: Record cases, deaths raise alarm"
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/26/portugals-covid-surge-record-cases-deaths-raise-alarm
According to this article “Twenty percent of the population lives in poverty or social exclusion, a very significant figure, and after such a long pandemic their limited resources have been used up. As a result, their ability to follow [the lockdown] rules has gone up in smoke.”
Thank you for joining this discussion, Dr. Hermann Gruenwald . Stay safe
Unfortunately, Aljazeera describes the situation we are living in Portugal very accurately. And numbers are worsening by the day. Thanks for contributing Professor Frank T. Edelmann . Keep safe.
28 January MMXXI
I live in Italy, and here you can't believe, almost always, what the government and the journalists tell you7us.
I suppose it is the same in Portugal, Spain, and Greece.
Cordially...
ASJ
In India, situation is under control. Lockdown has been lifted, and people are now moving freely. Currently, India's COVID-19 recovery rate is nearly 97 per cent. The mass vaccination drive started from January 16, 2021 in the country is successfully under progress.
You are correct. Anthony St. John . Thank you for sharing your work and contributing to this discussion.
It's always nice to have good news. Thanks for joining this discussion, Arvind Singh
For a continuously updated COVID-19 mortality analysis please see this link provided by the Johns Hopkins University:
MORTALITY ANALYSES
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
Thanks for your valuable contribution, Professor Frank T. Edelmann It's interesting to compare different ratios.
I don't think Portugal is the worst one. Probably, Yemen is since its health facilities are dilapidated out of the ongoing futile war.
Dear Mohialdeen Alotumi I agree with you in that the overall situation in Yemen is much worse because COVID-19 only adds to the general humanitarian crisis in this (your) country. Please see e.g. this article entitled
Yemen remains 'worst humanitarian crisis': UN office
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/yemen-remains-worst-humanitarian-crisis-un-office/2106553
I am very sorry for the situation that the people of Yemen are living in. I wish for better days ahead. Stay safe, Dr. Mohialdeen Alotumi
This is one of those times I really wish I was wrong. As you can confirm in the file below, Portugal is still nº1 in deaths per million people.😥
In Jordan, we have a significant decrease in cases and death for the previous 9 weeks.
Total cases=324169 cases
4269 deaths
Active cases 8012
Positivity test is below 5%
We start vaccination on 13 January.
All details about the Jordanian COVID-19 situation.
https://corona.moh.gov.jo/en
Thank you for sharing positive news, Almu'Atasim Khamees . May this downtrend in numbers continue for the people of Jordan. Stay safe.
In my view India has done remArkable well to counter covid crises which is having vast population.
^^ The latest COVID-19 stats for Croatia (6:31 PM CET 28/1/2021)
In the past seven days Croatia registered 3,652 new cases of the infection. The daily average was 522, which is as much as seven times less than a month and a half ago, when Croatia had more than 25,000 new cases in a single week.
I am glad to see new cases of COVID-19 are decreasing in Croatia and in India. Thanks for sharing that information Anton Vrdoljak and Amit Mahajan
Alhamdullah!
The situation uder control in my country Pakistan. Because of the activenss of govt as well as our citizens regarding followup the SOPs and other care of COVID-19 spread.
AlhamdulilAllah, Pakistan is doing much better. Possible reasons could be weather, awareness through social media, Different life styles in rural and urban areas, less business hubs, government seriousness about the issue, and the majority of public is independent of government medical facilities. BCG could be a factor.
Good to know that Pakistan has the situation under control. Thank you for joining this discussion and keep safe, Shaista Bano and Zaib Ullah
The corona situation in Portugal is getting worse every day because of the rapid spread of the UK coronavirus variant. Normal life is currently almost impossible in this country. Please see e.g. this recent article entitled
""No end in sight": Portugal's hospitals on brink as COVID cases surge"
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-portugal-hospital-idUSKBN29X175
Unfortunately, that is the case in Portugal. We know the situation is going to get much worse before it gets better.
Thank you for sharing that article, Frank T. Edelmann.
Thank you for sharing that information, Anton Vrdoljak and Frank T. Edelmann . Stay safe.
Dear Patrícia Alves personally I can't wait getting vaccinated against COVID-19. In my country, Germany, three different vaccines have already been approved, but they are scarce. Please see e.g. this link entitled "Scarce doses and empty vaccination centres: Germany's vaccine rollout headache"
https://news.yahoo.com/scarce-doses-empty-vaccination-centres-121254352.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADequmJNfmLlG6Nua0G5gJU2tqTcjQckJOcy8VcWmkmLGS0A7mcKIlbuDowaHRaNUPSM3jiZs0qWJgegx_hbBXUE12RPcArHJTdARhpVfg_elfF4fej8eKk5l5osfm0yQQsHL8TjlNjtTyCVreNdVJ0PBYDBVTLdF0qZOQRht5Jm
Moreover, I'm only in the third vaccination priority group, so that I will get vaccinated not before summer.
Please see this very recent link entitled
"COVID: Germany sends medical team and gear to Portugal"
https://www.dw.com/en/covid-germany-sends-medical-team-and-gear-to-portugal/a-56397959
According to this link "Germany's military (Bundeswehr) is preparing to deploy medical personnel and equipment to Portugal as the country struggles to cope with a surge in coronavirus cases, the defense ministry in Berlin announced on Sunday."
Malawi situation not that good aswell,,, experience high prevalence
Thank you for adding information to this discussion. The issue of accepting international help has been discussed in Portugal, Frank T. Edelmann . Stay safe.
Thanks for joining this discussion, Peter Ngulube S.D. . I wish for better days in Malawi. Keep safe.
Dear Patrícia Alves Currently in Germany the coronavirus infections counts are constantly decreasing, but there is a great fear oft the new mutations of the virus. Please see these recent links entitled
"Explained: Where have Covid-19 mutations in Germany been detected?"
https://www.thelocal.de/20210129/this-is-where-the-virus-mutation-has-been-detected-in-germany-so-far
and
"The Federal Government informs about the Corona crisis"
https://www.deutschland.de/en/news/german-federal-government-informs-about-the-corona-crisis
Thanks for joining Hani Amir Aouissi
. As you can see in the data, unfortunately, Portugal is the worst country in daily new confirmed cv19 deaths per million people. Take care.
Thanks for adding information Colin Sokol Kuka . Glad to see that descending trend! Keep safe!
You are right, Frank T. Edelmann . The fear of the unknown that comes along with these new viruses is very unsettling indeed.
Dear Hani Amir Aouissi
to my knowledge the corona situation in Portugal is the worst in all of Europe right now. You need to consider that Portugal is a relatively small country with a bit more than 10 million inhabtants as compared to Germany with ca. 83 millions. Thus an infection count of e.g. 16,000 new COVID-19 infections in Portugal in 24 hours would correspond to ca. 120,000 new infections in Germany!
Dear Patrícia Alves and Hani Amir Aouissi
for the current situation in Portugal, please see this potentially useful recent link entitled"Portugal extends lockdown and closes border over 'terrible' Covid outbreak"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/portugal-facing-worst-moment-of-covid-so-far-says-pm
Thank you once again for your contributions, Dear Professor Frank T. Edelmann
Right now a unit of the German military (Bundeswehr) is in Portugal to help the country with the very critical corona situation. Please see this vers recent link entitled
"Coronavirus: Portugal welcomes German military medics"
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-portugal-welcomes-german-military-medics/a-56441158
According to this link "German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer earlier said Portugal is "in a particularly dramatic situation" and that "in such times, solidarity in Europe is indispensable.""
in Iraq, government has controlled the corona pandemic and vaccination is going on to eradicate the pandemic.
Yes, Professor Frank T. Edelmann . It is the same team that helped Italy. Portugal is grateful for every helping hand.
Happy to know the situation is improving in Iraq. Take care, Omar Al-Obaidi
I am glad to see that the situation in India is getting better. Stay safe, Vishnu Kumar Gupta
Dear Patrícia Alves and Hani Amir Aouissi
please also see this informative article about the terrible COVID-19 situation in Portugal:"How Portugal became Europe’s coronavirus blackspot"
https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-coronavirus-rate-surge/
Here is a very recent update about the corona situation in Portugal from February 03:
"Covid-19: Portugal Update, 3 February"
https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-02-03/covid-19-portugal-update-3-february/58052
According to this report even on the remote Azores islands "11 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, totalling 3,561 infections and 25 deaths."
Today in Germany the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 14,211 new infections with the coronavirus. This is 3,342 less than one week ago. 786 patients died with or of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. In the same time 105,677 people received a vaccine shot. Meanwhile 2,713,210 people in Germany have been vaccinated thus far
.https://www.teletrader.com/germany-adds-786-covid-deaths-14-211-cases/news/details/54523859
Thank you for the valuable updates, dear Professor Frank T. Edelmann . It's encouraging to see bad numbers are finally descending.
Thank you for joining this discussion, Hani Amir Aouissi
. Take care.
I live in Kenya and no single day passes without people contracting the diseases. It is so scary but we are trying to follow the WHO guidelines and protocols.
Thanks for sharing. I hope the situation in Kenya improves. Stay safe, Kiprotich Kiptum
الشيء الغريب في الموضوع ان البلدان المتقدمة اكثر عرضة لانتشار الفايروس من الدول النامية..وان نسبة الوفيات اكثر .
I'm sorry I do not understand the Arabic language, but I thank you Dr. Mohaned Abd Alrahman , for your contribution. Keep safe.
Today in Germany the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 11,589 new infections with the coronavirus. This means that 193,532 Germans are currently infected with COVID-19. The R-value is 0.88. 773 patients died with or of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, resulting in a total of 60,888 fatalities in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic.
Recently, Austria also announced to help Portugal in fighting the country's dramatic corona situation. Please see this link entitled
"Austria and Germany step in to help Portugal’s Covid crisis"
https://www.portugalresident.com/austria-and-germany-step-in-to-help-portugals-covid-crisis/
Hopefully, numbers are retracting in your country, Dear Patrícia Alves
Thank you for adding that information, Professor Frank T. Edelmann . Take care.
It seems so, Professor Mohialdeen Alotumi . Thankfully, daily new cases are stabilizing. Keep safe.
Thank you for joining this discussion, Dr. Humphrey Danso . I hope the situation in Ghana improves. Stay safe.
"Thankfully, daily new cases are stabilizing."
Patrícia Alves
Good news!
Stabilization of cases could boost people's morale (esprit de corps) in the fight against COVID-19.
Stay safe!
Thanks for sharing the updates in Croatia, Anton Vrdoljak . Stay safe.