COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Bluesince1979]

Ages of infections in Scotland today.

182 people aged over 65
Including 38 aged over 85

75 children aged under 15
Inckuding 25 aged under 5

269 people aged 15-24

875 people aged 25-64


Deaths

4 aged 85+
8 aged 75-84
3 aged 65-74
2 aged 45-64

1 aged 20-24 (youngest Scottish death yet from the virus sadly)

Could you provide info of underlying health issues ?

 

[Gabriel]

I would take that with a large pinch of salt.

All the article really says is that the first country to approve the product will be the first to get it. That's a statement of the blindingly obvious, not an exclusive arrangement.

Manufacturing is contracted to multiple sites across the globe; there's not one stock which will suddenly be mobilised to one location

eg Catalent in Italy: https://www.cobrabio.com/news/june-2020/cobra-supply-agreement-astrazeneca-covid19-vaccine

Cobra in Sweden:

Cobra Biologics Is Now Part of Charles River

Charles River acquires  Cobra Biologics, a leading international contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in premium plasmid DNA and viral vector services to support the Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) industry.

www.cobrabio.com

Oxford UK:

Oxford Biomedica Signs Supply Agreement with AstraZeneca to Expand Manufacturing Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, AZD1222 - OXB

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now...

www.oxb.com

India

AstraZeneca unveils massive $750M deal in effort to produce billions of COVID-19 shots

British drugmaker AstraZeneca has made clear its intent to rapidly scale production of the University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine hopeful despite a dearth of clinical data to support its use. | British drugmaker AstraZeneca has made clear its intent to rapidly scale production of the University...

www.fiercepharma.com

etc etc

Be rather odd if the US were to approve the Oxford vaccine early after it has not allowed its part of the trial to resume since September. Indeed, its continued stalling probably set the trial back many valuable weeks.

 

[grunge]

Makes interesting reading. Excess deaths for the year so far now 36k in England and Wales and covid was the 19th highest cause of deaths in England and 24th in Wales for September. Flu and pneumonia is 7th and that's not even in flu season with all the social distancing and have washing etc thats been going on.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...ortalityanalysisenglandandwales/september2020

Excess deaths this year in England and Wales is 54,453 not 36k.

 

[Healdplace]

Cases down again to 20, 530.

All settings deaths 224

 

[kaz7]

Cases down again to 20, 530.

All settings deaths 224

224 is a lot

 

[Healdplace]

224 is a lot

It was 474 if you count deaths that include Covid as a contributary cause on the death certificate.

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital data not good either.

Patients up 500 to 6518 - it was 4647 a week ago. Last time that many were in was 25 May - date has slipped back towards the wave 1 peak in April by 3 days over last two days.

Ventilators up 30 to 601 - it was 482 a week ago. Last time that many in use was 31 May - this date has slipped back towards the wave 1 peak in April by one day in the last two days.

 

[worsleyweb]

England hospital data not good either.

Patients up 500 to 6518 - it was 4647 a week ago. Last time that many were in was 25 May - date has slipped back towards the wave 1 peak in April by 3 days over last two days.

Ventilators up 30 to 601 - it was 482 a week ago. Last time that many in use was 31 May - this date has slipped back towards the wave 1 peak in April by one day in the last two days.

depressing reading that.

 

[Healdplace]

Better news still on the cases reduction is that what I think may be a record pillar 1 and 2 tests were done to produce that 20, 530 cases - lowest number in 4 days

There were 313.314 that produces that number - 31, 000 more than yesterday which found 700 more cases.

 

[True_Blue69]

Excess deaths this year in England and Wales is 54,453 not 36k.

Am I missing something? This is from that report unless I'm reading it wrong:

Looking at deaths that have occurred so far in 2020 and were registered by 10 October, 405,534 deaths occurred in England (35,665 more than the five-year average for January to September) and 26,002 in Wales (1,154 more than the five-year average).

 

[Healdplace]

depressing reading that.

It is slightly less bad than it seems as they updated 48 hours in one go. They had been running a day behind all week. Still a big increase but not all in 24 hours. Ironically had they updated yesterday the ventilator numbers FELL then.

 

[worsleyweb]

Better news still on the cases reduction is that what I think may be a record pillar 1 and 2 tests were done to produce that 20, 530 cases - lowest number in 4 days

There were 313.314 that produces that number - 31, 000 more than yesterday which found 700 more cases.

that’s better to hear. The progress on the testing numbers from February is remarkable and a great achievement. Must be helping as if you know you have it quickly you isolate quicker.

 

[Sir peace frog]

when do we go to full lockdown in greater Manchester, is it tonight ?

 

[andyhinch]

when do we go to full lockdown in greater Manchester, is it tonight ?

Just T3 ?

 

[Keith Moncrieff]

when do we go to full lockdown in greater Manchester, is it tonight

Full lockdown is a fantastic headline, restrictions is a more measured way to describe it.

 

[artfuldodger]

when do we go to full lockdown in greater Manchester, is it tonight ?

Tier 3 was at midnight last night

 

[Healdplace]

Regional hospital changes over past 48 hours - 3 numbers as they added two sets of data for last tqo days today in one go. Ironically as you will see a liot of numbers went down yesterday and back up today - but they never repirted the good news yesterday by holding them back.

London patients 575 - 544 - 625 (up 50 but 81 on yesterday) (was 457 a wk ago)

Ventilators 89 - 80 - 98 (up 9 but up 18 on yesterday) (was 80 a wk ago)



Midlands patients 1085 - 1161 - 1213 (up 128 but 52 on yesterday) (was 801 a wk ago) (biggest rise this wk)

Ventilators 122 - 132 - 142 (up 20 but 10 on yesterday) (was 95 a wk ago) (Big rise here too)



North East/Yorkshire 1459 - 1536 - 1595 (up 136 but 59 on yesterday) (was 1132 a wk ago)

Ventilators 104 - 112 - 105 (up 1 but down 7 on yesterday) (was 107 a wk ago) So a fall in the week here.



And the North West:-


Patients : 2045 - 1956 - 2130 - so down 89 yesterday then up 174 today. Real yo yo. (was 1637 a wk ago) - so a lower % rise than most regions.


2 May was last time there were 2130 in NW hospitals - 3 days back from where it was 2 days ago towards the wave one peak in mid April.


Ventilators : 185 - 178 - 190. So down 7 yesterday and up 12 today. (was 152 a wk ago) 7 May was last time there were 190 on ventilators - unchanged on 2 days ago.

 

[kaz7]

Tier 1 not enough, top professor says

Professor Paul Hunter, Professor of Medicine at University of East Anglia, has told Sky News that Tier 1 restrictions are not enough to reverse the pandemic, and says more areas will have to go into Tier 2 sooner rather than later.

He also says that if there were 35,000 new infections a day last week, we could have as many as 70,000 a day now

Coronavirus news – latest UK updates: Britain records 20,890 new COVID-19 infections and 102 deaths

Latest COVID-19 updates from the UK and worldwide - as talks continue over moving parts of Nottinghamshire into Tier 3.

news.sky.com

Many said whitty was scaremongering , we really should believe the likes of him and valence

 

[kaz7]

Same link as above

Scientific advisers told the government that allowing an "uncontrolled epidemic" in young people – while subjecting people over the age of 60 to strict coronavirus restrictions - would have "dire consequences for the NHS", newly released documents show.

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) said that such a strategy was "highly likely to create an enormous burden of COVID-19 hospitalisations, with both large numbers of COVID-19 deaths and the knock-on result of non-COVID-19 deaths across all age groups".

Scientists advice is not being listened too, they cop the blame but they can only advise

 

[kaz7]

The UK R number is 1.2-1.4

The coronavirus reproduction rate has fallen slightly compared with last week's 1.3-1.5.

It means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 12 and 14 other people.

Government scientists said there might have been a slowdown in the daily growth rate, implying the spread of infections could be levelling off.

The number of new infections is growing by 3% to 6% every day, the Government Office for science said - down from an estimated daily growth rate of between 4% and 7% last week

Sky rolling news