A Catastrophy called ‘Corona’
• What is disaster? Types of disaster. Categorise corona pandemic into types.
• Symptoms, prevention, treatment of corona
• Destructive effects a) Physiological b) Emotional c) Social d) economical e) political f) environmental (support with images)
• Disaster management steps taken a) Government b) Personal
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The situation is changing rapidly. Please follow the daily situation reports from the World Health Organization (WHO). Updated statistics can be found via Johns Hopkins University or Worldometers.
In late December 2019 people in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China began to get sick with a type of pneumonia that had not been seen before, marking the beginning of a new infectious disease. This was later discovered to be a new type of coronavirus, a class of virus, that cause a wide variety of illnesses in mammals and birds. Respiratory infections are the most common type of infections caused by coronaviruses in humans. Coronaviruses are responsible for illnesses ranging in severity from the common cold through MERS and SARS in humans.
The International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses selected the name severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to represent that it is a sister of the original SARS virus. The disease the virus causes was named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and its partners at Candid are tracking philanthropic donations to this outbreak. As of June 24, total donations received stood at more than $11.7 billion. Read the latest blog from Candid here and see the latest data here. You can also search for COVID-19 grants on the Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy map. All foundations are encouraged to submit their grants to Candid to better track philanthropic giving.
Key Facts
The numbers of cases change quickly and vary depending upon which source you use to track. As of June 25, Worldometers reports the following:
The U.S. case total is 2,478,813, with 124,492 deaths and 1,041,269 recoveries.
The worldwide case total is 9,623,484, with 487,350 deaths and 5,229,124 recoveries.
There are cases in 213 countries.
As of June 24, the Navajo Nation has reported 7,157 cases and 347 deaths across three states. This means that more than four in 100 people on the Navajo reservation are positive for COVID-19.
The countries with the highest cases after the U.S. are Brazil, Russia, India and the U.K. However, Peru and Chile are both climbing very quickly and are currently in the seventh and eighth spots respectively. Brazil surpassed a million cases on Friday, June 19.
Impact
It is important when looking at U.S. numbers to dive deeply into trends by states and by cities. New research shows that the U.S. is now seeing more cases daily than it did at the presumed peak of the pandemic a couple months ago. On Wednesday, June 24, the U.S. recorded 38,115 new infections. The previous record of 34,203 cases was established on April 25. California, Florida and Texas each reported more than 5,000 cases, while Florida, California and Oklahoma all set new single-day record highs for COVID-19 cases. Hospitals in Texas and Arizona are beginning to exceed capacity.