New virus variants could emerge in the Maldives, warns HEOC The Health Emergency Operation Centre (HEOC) has warned that a new variant of the COVID-19 virus may emerge in the Maldives.
In a press conference held on Monday, HEOC said while the number of positive cases keep increasing, the number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 has tripled over the past few days. While 160 patients are admitted at Hulhumale Medical Facility alone, the ICU center established at main government hospital, Dharumavantha Hospital has reached 50 percent capacity, said HEOC. The number of people developing severe symptoms are also increasing, said HEOC.
While new variant of the virus are emerging in different parts of the world, it is likely that such a variant may emerge in the Maldives, said HEOC. Infections due to some variants are not picked up by PCR tests, and these cases are detected much later when the person s health deteriorates significantly, they added. All indications point to the fac
COVID-19: Maldives record 74th death
02 May 2021, MVT 10:14
Frontline workers in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a drill held at reclaimed suburb Hulhumalé. PHOTO: MIHAARU
02 May 2021, MVT 10:14
Health Emergency Operation Center (HEOC), on Wednesday, announced the 74th COVID-19 related death in Maldives.
This raised the number of COVID deaths this month to six. The highest number of deaths recorded in a month was 10 fatalities in February.
As per reports, the 39-year-old Indian national passed away on Saturday at 2031 hrs. He passed away while on a ventilator undergoing treatment in the DH11 facility.
With the new fatalities, 58 locals have succumbed to the virus in Maldives. The remaining fatalities consist of eight expatriates, including six Bangladeshi nationals, one Filipino citizen and two Indians.
India should consider temporary shutdown to handle its Covid-19 crisis, Fauci says
From CNN s Lauren Mascarenhas
Health workers install oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients at a makeshift hospital in New Delhi on April 30. AP
India should consider a temporary shutdown to handle its devastating Covid-19 surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
“One of the things to be considered is to temporarily shut down – I mean literally lock down – so that you wind up not having more spread,” Fauci said Friday in an interview with The Indian Express.
India reported over 400,000 Covid-19 cases in a single day Friday, breaking a global record.
DAKAR, Senegal Aissatou Diao talked about Covid-19 a lot. How to socially distance, what to do if you have a cough or a fever. But when the first coronavirus case arrived in Yeumbeul, a village outside Dakar where she does health outreach as a community relay, she couldn’t believe it.
“I almost died when I heard I was on the list of people who were in contact with the Covid patient,” Diao recalls.
That single contact brought Diao to Novotel, an upscale hotel in Dakar with Atlantic Ocean views. As part of its pandemic response, Senegal sought to provide a bed to everyone with Covid-19 including mild or asymptomatic cases and their direct contacts. In the spring of 2020, for about six months, Red Cross volunteers replaced hotel staff at Novotel, and rooms filled with people like Diao, exposed to Covid-19 and sent away to isolate.