Tulane Outbreak Daily | May 4, 2020

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Singapore Was A Shining Star In COVID-19 Control — Until It Wasn’t – NPR

Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore was praised as a shining example of how to handle the new virus. The World Health Organization pointed out that Singapore’s aggressive contact tracing allowed the city-state to quickly identify and isolate any new cases. It quickly shut down clusters of cases and kept most of its economy — and its schools — open. Through the beginning of April, Singapore had recorded fewer than 600 cases.

Models Predict Near Doubling of Daily Death Toll by June – New York Times

Projections from an internal report show that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecast about 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the month.

NEW! From the FLARE Team:

1. Lung Pathology in COVID-19
2. Sedation in COVID-19
3. Ventilator Liberation in COVID-19

UAE researchers monitor SARS-CoV-2 levels in municipal sewage in mass test – Saudi Gazette

Khalifa University of Science and Technology announced Sunday that researchers from its Centre for Biotechnology and the Centre for Membranes and Advanced Water Technology, in collaboration with other stakeholders, are working on a project for the monitoring of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in municipal wastewater, as a method for the early detection and to track the spread of COVID-19 among the general population.

Many COVID-19 Patients are Reporting Neurological Symptoms – Inverse

As case numbers of COVID-19 continue to rise around the world, we are starting to see an increasing number of reports of neurological symptoms. Some studies report that over a third of patients show neurological symptoms. In the vast majority of cases, Covid-19 is a respiratory infection that causes fever, aches, tiredness, sore throat, cough, and, in more severe cases, shortness of breath and respiratory distress. Yet we now understand that Covid-19 can also infect cells outside of the respiratory tract and cause a wide range of symptoms from the gastrointestinal disease (diarrhea and nausea) to heart damage and blood clotting disorders. It appears that we have to add neurological symptoms to this list, too.

Novel coronavirus can multiply in human intestine – Business Insider

Researchers have shown that the novel coronavirus can infect and multiply in cells of the human intestines. [Related Study]

Covid-19 Is Killing Black People Unequally—Don’t Be Surprised – Wired

Ala Stanford is a doctor, but right now her office is a parking lot, a street corner, the sidewalk outside of a Philadelphia Baptist church. Stanford leads a mobile unit of doctors who are bringing free Covid-19 testing to the neighborhoods in Philadelphia that are being hit hardest by the virus: underserved black communities. Across the United States, black Americans are contracting and dying of Covid-19 at wildly disproportionate rates, and in some areas, they aren’t being tested for the virus nearly as frequently as their white peers, either.

This nursing home had California’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak. ‘We weren’t prepared’ – Los Angeles Times

The toll is grim at the Redwood Springs Healthcare Center in Visalia, site of California’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home. As of Thursday, 115 residents had tested positive for COVID-19, 61 staff were infected and 26 residents were dead.

Feds send coronavirus strike force to Amarillo in response to outbreaks in meatpacking plants – Texas Tribune

A federal strike force is headed to Amarillo in response to a surge of coronavirus cases tied to meatpacking plants in the area.

Production of the First Batch of Proposed COVID-19 Vaccines in the US Expected in July – Science Times

Moderna, Inc. and Lonza Group AG announced a global agreement to manufacture one billion doses of Moderna’s proposed vaccine every year, to be produced in the United States in July.

From Drone Police To Second Wave Warnings, Russia In Full Coronavirus Panic – Forbes

Russia seems to be in full coronavirus panic. Their Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, is the second high ranking official to be stricken by COVID-19. Boris Johnson of the UK was first.

A State-by-State Look at Coronavirus in Prisons – The Marshall Project

The Marshall Project is collecting data on COVID-19 infections in state and federal prisons. See how the virus has affected correctional facilities where you live.

[Opinion] Coronavirus and the Sweden Myth – New York Times

The country’s approach to the pandemic sets a seductive example. But the United States shouldn’t copy it. [If you hit a paywall and can not access, please send me an email]

A service trip to Peru offers lessons for treating Covid-19 in the U.S.- Stat

States, I was in Loreto, Peru’s largest province, working with a medical team to provide health care to villages generally cut off from such services. These were mainly communities of huts on or along the Marañon River, with limited or no access to running water, toilets, electricity, or cellphone reception.