The ratio of COVID-19 deaths over cases shows that Europe has by far the highest mortality rate of all continents. It could be explained by Europe’s old population, but also insufficient testing could play a role.
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There was a time, back in March – April, when scientific output on COVID-19 resembled a pandemic outbreak. Early April, the number of papers was doubling every 14 days, mid-May still every 20 days. Some expected that science would outpace the virus. A closer look at the perils of publishing in a pandemic.
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The world passed not one, but two sad corona milestones on the very same day: 500,000 deaths and 10,000,000 cases of infection. A slowdown is not in sight. How do these numbers compare with model predictions of 3 months ago?
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It took Africa 98 days to reach 100,000 infections, then 18 days to get to 200,000, reaching 300,000 will be a matter of another 12 days. This fast acceleration, along with a largely inadequate health system, is a cause for alarm.
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Every day, COVID-19 adds 1240 metric tonnes waste to the national garbage bin. Can the country cope with it?
Read moreIn most countries, fines are put in place as one of the instruments to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Read moreCOVID-19 against various (not all) other causes of death, globally, in 2020. An animation by Tony Nickonchuk, May 25, 2020
Read moreRemark: For those countries severely hit by the COVID-19 outbreak (e.g. USA, UK, Italy) it has been recommended that at
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