Sydney, Australia, on Saturday night began a two-week lockdown amid a surge in cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said it was "the scariest time that I felt since the pandemic started," as she announced the lockdown and associated stay-at-...
The first lockdown, imposed nationwide in March and April, was largely successful in containing the coronavirus. However, the subsequent relaxing of restrictions, a lack of adherence to social distancing and a breach in hotel quarantine led to a second wave of infections in Melbourne. Lockdown co...
a Increasing percentage of the new case number in 1 week (June 1 to June 7) brought by lifting lockdown from May 25. b Decreasing percentage of the new case number in 1 week (June 1 to June 7) brought by keeping lockdown during May 25 to May 31. The color of the cell in the ...
Lockdown measures have been eased in England, Wales and most parts of Scotland on Monday, meaning that pubs, bars and restaurants are now allowed to serve customers inside; museums, cinemas and theaters can reopen; and exercise classes and indoor sports can resume. In addition, up to six...
Hungary has become the latest country to announce a two-week lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. Prime MinisterViktor Orbansaid via public radio that while citizens must maintain social distancing, they would be able to go to work, shop and take limited exercise outdoors, starting Saturd...
Thousands of miles away, South Africa reported on Sunday a sharp surge in new cases, two days after the easing of restrictions following a five-week lockdown. It was the highest daily surge since March 5, when the country recorded its first case. ...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s COVID-19 infection rate has dropped sharply after a lockdown aimed at addressing a devastating January pandemic surge, but it is still recording the most daily deaths in the world by size of population, health experts said Tuesday. Portugal hit a...
(Gao et al., 2013),thyroidcancer among men, (Kulldorff, 2001), and syndromic surveillance in Massachusetts (Takahashi et al., 2008), among others. Time-periodic surveillance is especially suitable to monitor the development of COVID-19 daily case counts in the United States, aslockdown...
Comparisons of week relative search volume (WRSV) and temporal patterns were analyzed to assess the change of interest in search terms during nations lockdowns. Paired t-test was used to compare WRSV values among the porn websites during the national lockdowns and the equivalent timespan of ...
Therefore, it is likely that the lockdown would have been implemented before the saturation of all regions. On the other hand, starting the national lockdown 1 week earlier would have resulted into up to 8925 fewer deaths, corresponding to around 82,000 QALY lost at the national level. The...