“We are all afraid but we have a revolutionary duty to fulfill, so we take out fear and put it to one side,”
Leonardo Fernandez, 68, an intensive care specialist, told Reuters late on Saturday shortly before his brigade’s departure.
Cuban doctors hold an image of late Cuban President Fidel Castro during a farewell ceremony before departing to Italy to assist, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Havana, Cuba, March 21, 2020.
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The cries to re-open the economy will grow louder by the day. We need to act as a nation. Stop all movement, massive testing and then we re- open to the healthy in 14 to 17 days. Where is the plan????
Summary :
India has become the latest country to order a total lockdown
The Olympics, due to begin in July, are moved to next year
514 more people die in Spain, the worst day yet
The UK is adapting to new, stricter measures announced by PM Boris Johnson Donald Trump insists the US will "soon be open for business", despite more states shutting down
China announces 78 new cases - 74 of them from abroad
The most populous country without a case until now - Myanmar - announces two cases
One of Africa's most famous musicians, saxophonist Manu Dibango, dies of the virus
Confirmed cases approach 400,000, deaths near 17,000, more than 100,000 recoveries
One can understand President Trump’s impatience — everyone shares it.
But for him to say that the country is going to be back to normal in just a couple weeks, as he did Monday night, is wildly optimistic.
What is the point of all this pain if we don’t make sure that the coronavirus is truly under control? We risk an explosion of infections if we rush back into regular life.
ketchim post=380781 Wrote:While growth in cases in India has so far been slow -- reaching 341 with five deaths --
by April 15 the country will be overwhelmed by infections, said Dr. T. Jacob John
the former head of the Indian Council for Medical Research’s Centre for Advanced Research in Virology
warning India’s epidemic could grow to be worse than in Italy or Iran. .
"There will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes," Mr Narendra Modi said in a televised address.
India - which has a population of 1.3bn - joins a growing list of countries that have imposed similar measures.