Global Health Strategies
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Global Health Strategies
@GHS
We believe in the power of advocacy & communications to ↑ health & wellbeing around the 🌍, leaving no one behind. Views = ours. Tweets from all offices.
- "Yesterday, Wuhan, China 🇨🇳 reported no new #COVID19 cases for the first time since the outbreak began. #Wuhan provides hope for the rest of the world, that even the most severe situation can be turned around." -@DrTedros at @WHO #coronavirus press briefing on 20 March.
- Countries w/ the largest increases in new #COVID19 cases over the past week: Cases today [+% increase] 🇮🇹 41,035 [+172%] 🇮🇷 18,407 [+62%] 🇪🇸 17,147 [+307%] 🇩🇪 10,999 [+259%] 🇫🇷 10,877 [+280%] 🇺🇸 10,442 [+726%] 🇨🇭 3,863 [+350%] 🇬🇧 3,277 [+452%] 🇳🇱 2,460 [+206%] 🇦🇹 1,843 [+266%]
- The following countries & territories have recently reported their first cases of #COVID19: 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇷🇪 Réunion 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇪 Venezuela #coronavirus
- How long did it take to reach one million #COVID19 confirmed cases in the 🌍? This @AlJazeera chart shows that it took 43 days to reach the first 100k, but it took only one day to go from 900k to 1 million cases. 📈
- Today's #coronavirus recap: -110,029 #COVID19 cases globally & 3,817 deaths 🌍 -93% of cases in 🇨🇳 🇮🇹 🇰🇷 🇮🇷 -All of Italy on lockdown -In China, 70% of cases recovered -"Countries w/ community transmission should consider closing schools, cancelling gatherings," -@DrTedros
- (1/2) #COVID19 cases as of 8 Mar 16:00 CET via @WHO bit.ly/3cHw99Z 🌎106,893 🇨🇳80,859 🇰🇷7,134 🇮🇷6,566 🇮🇹5,883 🇫🇷939 🇩🇪847 🚢696 🇪🇸589 🇯🇵455 🇬🇧277 🇨🇭264 🇺🇸213 🇳🇱188 🇧🇪169 🇸🇪161 🇳🇴147 🇸🇬138 🇦🇹102 🇲🇾93 🇧🇭79 🇦🇺77 🇬🇷66 🇰🇼62 🇨🇦57 🇮🇶54 🇹🇭50 🇪🇬48 🇦🇪🇮🇸45 🇮🇳34 🇩🇰31 🇱🇧28 🇸🇲27
- B.1.1.7 is NOT a “UK variant” B.1.351 is NOT a “South African variant” P.1 is NOT a “Brazilian variant” B.1.617.2 is NOT an “Indian variant” SARS-CoV-2 is NOT a “China virus” Referring to variants or viruses by where they were first detected should never be tolerated.
- More than 75% of reported #COVID19 cases are currently in eight countries. They are: 🇺🇸 USA: 21% 🇮🇹 Italy: 13% 🇪🇸 Spain: 11% 🇨🇳 China: 11% 🇩🇪 Germany: 9% 🇫🇷 France: 6% 🇮🇷 Iran: 5% 🇬🇧 UK: 3%
- Today's #coronavirus recap: -1,000,000+ confirmed cases & 51,000+ deaths 🌎 -@WHO asks countries to remove all financial barriers to testing & care for #COVID19 -225,000+ recovered 🏥 -CDC: all Americans should wear cloth masks in public 😷 -Half of world under lockdown 🏠
- Today’s #coronavirus recap: -95,270 confirmed cases globally & 3,281 deaths -80% of new cases in 🇮🇷🇮🇹🇰🇷 -@WHO estimates ~3.4% of 🌎 #COVID19 cases have died -“It is a time for pulling out all the stops” -@DrTedros -Countries must take a comprehensive, all-government approach
- The pandemic is not over just because *you* are vaccinated.
- Weekend #coronavirus recap: -153,648 confirmed cases & 5,746 deaths 🌎 -US extends Europe travel ban to UK 🇬🇧 & Ireland 🇮🇪 -Spain on national lockdown 🇪🇸 -All 16 temporary #COVID19 hospitals in #Wuhan close ✔ -@WHO calls for "all-of-society" approach to fight pandemic 💪
