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28 March 2020
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CLEANING
Soap
It’s the best way to wash up (and much easier to find than hand sanitizer).
Disposable gloves
For handling things that might be contaminated. Do not wash or reuse.
Disinfectant wipes
Look for products with active ingredients such as quaternary ammonium, sodium hypochlorite, or hydrogen peroxide.
Towels, clean linens
Or anything else you might need more of as cleaning habits change.
FOOD/NECESSITIES
Supplies of shelf-stable food
Beans, rice, flour, and canned items: enough for a couple of weeks, if access to grocery stores is limited.
Coffee or tea
Or other everyday “necessities”.
A first aid kit
Hospitals may be overwhelmed, so you’ll want to be able to treat minor problems at home.
90 days of medication
The CDC recommends stocking up on prescriptions, so contact your doctor.
WORK AND ENTERTAINMENT
Yarn, art supplies, or other hobby items
It’s a good time to dive into an activity you can do at home. Morale matters!
Things for working from home
From a desk chair to a mouse, it’s better to have the tools for your job if it’s possible to work remotely.
Electronics and, potentially, spare parts
If your phone or computer breaks, it’s an inconvenience in the best of times. Right now, it might be more than that, if stores aren’t open to get a replacement.
Games for family time
If you’ve got kids at home, you’ll need distractions!
IF YOU GET SICK
Medication for reducing a fever, like acetaminophen (Tylenol).
A thermometer for monitoring a fever.
Cough and cold medication
including cough drops and lozenges, cough syryps like Dayquil/Nyquil, and decongestants like Sudafed (the active ingredient is pseudoephedrine, so get the much lower cost generic version).
A humidifier can also help with a cough that makes it tough to sleep.
Rehydration solutions
Pedialyte or Gatorade works, but you can make it at home with a liter of drinking water, a scoop of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Plain water or other liquids also work for mild dehydration in adults.
Basics
what is COVID-19?
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). [WHO: Coronavirus]
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a new strain that was discovered in 2019 and has not been previously identified in humans. [WHO: Coronavirus]
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans. [WHO: Coronavirus]
Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. [WHO: Coronavirus]
Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, thoroughly cooking meat and eggs. Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing. [WHO: Coronavirus]
How do I care for myself and family?
Everyone should take care of their health and maintain hand and respiratory hygiene to protect themselves and others, including their own families.
Regularly and thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water, and use alcohol-based hand sanitiser. Maintain at least 1.5 metres or 6 feet distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.
Persons with persistent cough or sneezing should stay home or keep a social distance, but not mix in crowd. Make sure you and people around you, follow good respiratory hygiene, meaning cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief or tissue or into your sleeve or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately.
Stay home if you feel unwell with symptoms like fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing. Go to the emergency room if your symptoms turn serious. Do not engage in self-medication.
COVID-19 prepartions
Masks and other protective gear [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]
Water and storage [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]
Medical equipment [What preppers are stocking up on for COVID-19]
from Dr. Sarah Boon:
These are the basic, solid graphics that people need to understand what to do and not to do in these times. Basic #scicomm, people!
—Dr. Sarah Boon, Co-founder & BoD @ScienceBorealis, Writer, editor, photographer, Former scientist, as posted on Twitter 12:32 pm, 24 March 2020
Coordinate help for charities.
If you have contact info and items needed by other charities, please let us know through the website contact form.
Contact
Feeding the working poor, elderly, and homeless
The Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, Costa Mesa, CA, has an extreme shortage of paper plates, paper napkins, paper towels, plastic forks and spoons, and toilet paper needed to feed hundreds of working poor, elderly, and homeless every day.
If you are in the Orange County area you can contribute. See their website. Please provide contact info for other charities around the world.
720 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 USA
[949] 548.8861 Office
shannon@someonecareskitchen.org Executive Director
News and historical timeline
(all times are Pacific unless specified otherwise)
regular timeline
28 March 2020
China prepares to close borders to foreigners, fearing 2nd wave of COVID-19
Starting on Saturday, March 28, China is closing its borders to foreigners to protect its citizens from a potential second wave of infections. Almost all new recent cases in China were imported from abroad.
—CBC, 28 March 2020
New York
Everything we do now (procure ventilators etc) is in preparation for possible apex (when curve hits the highest point).
Apex in New York is estimated in 14-21 days from now.
We’ll keep COVID-19 patients separated from the other patients in hospitals.
We can now test for antibodies to determine whether a person had COVID-19. This is a blood test.
172 new ICU admission in the last day, vs. 374 in the preceding day, may indicate a decline in the growth rate.
155,934 people tested in New York State.
We need a faster testing process. Can’t wait 5 days as it is now. Other countries now also have home tests. We should do the same.
—New York Governor Cuomo Daily Briefing, 28 March 2020 at 9:07 am
United States
18,147 new cases and 351 new deaths in the United States.
—Worldometers, 28 March 2020
Spain
Germany
Italy
France
Iran
United Kingdom
2,546 new cases and 260 new deaths in the United Kingdom.
—Government UK, 28 March 2020
Belgium
Turkey
the Netherlands
1,159 new cases and 93 new deaths in the Netherlands.
—Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, 28 March 2020
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Switzerland
1,148 new cases and 33 new deaths in Switzerland.
—Interaktiv-Team, ma RTS, 28 March 2020
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Canada
Israel
Austria
574 new cases and 10 new deaths in Austria.
—Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz, Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz, 28 March 2020
Brazil
Sweden
Czechia (Czech Republic)
352 new cases and 2 new deaths in Czechia (Czech Republic).
—Ministerstvo Zdravotnictvl České Republiky, 28 March 2020
Chile
Ireland
294 new cases and 14 new deaths in Ireland.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 14 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.
All 14 deaths located in the east of the country. There have now been 36 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
There has also been 294 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There are now 2,415 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
—Department of Health, 28 March 2020
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Australia
Poland
Norway
Russia
228 new cases in Russia.
—[unable to figure out how to use the Cyrillic characters as an internet address], 28 March 2020
Luxembourg
Ecuador
Japan
194 new cases and 3 new deaths in Japan.
—Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, 28 March 2020
Romania
160 new cases and 11 new deaths in Romania.
—Ministerul Sanatatii, Stiti Oficiale, 28 March 2020
Malaysia
Denmark
South Korea
146 new cases and 5 new deaths in South Korea.
—Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 28 March 2020
Dominican Republic
138 new cases and 8 new deaths in the Dominican Republic.
—Diario Libre, 28 March 2020
Mexico
Serbia
Finland
Pakistan
Indonesia
Thailand
Argentina
101 new cases and 5 new deaths in Argentina.
—Argentina government, Infobae, 28 March 2020
India
100 new cases and 4 new deaths in India.
15,24,266 Passengers screened at airport, 819 Active COVID 2019 cases, 79 Cured/discharged cases, 19 Death cases, 1 Migrated COVID-19 Patient.
—The Hindu, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, 28 March 2020
Saudi Arabia
Greece
Singapore
Morocco China
54 new cases (all of which were imported from abroad), 3 new deaths (all in Hubei), and 367 new recoveries occurred in China on March 27, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China.
—National Health Commission (NHC) of China, 28 March 2020
Tunisia
Bulgaria
38 new cases and 4 new deaths in Bulgaria: including a 55-year-old man.
Trinidad and Tobago
8 new cases and 1 new death in Trinidad and Tobago.
—Ministry of Health, 28 March 2020
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Venezuela
Djibouti
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