Latest via Zerohedge (5/22):
- Michigan Gov extends stay at home order
- Brazil overtakes Russia
- Cali reports slight jump in new cases
- US cases climb 1.8%, compared with 1.5% last week
- Italy’s does 75k+ tests in a single day for first time
- Dr. Birx offers update on state of US outbreak
- Chinese vaccine deemed “safe” by the Lancet
- NY lowest case count since early days of outbreak
- NJ raises gathering limit to 25
- Italy says vaccine won’t be ready until next year
- NY launches program allowing pharmacists to administer COVID tests
- GM delays plan to ramp up production
- Spain lifts lockdown conditions in Madrid
- Chinese airline to restart flights from US next month
- India reports record jump in cases as lockdown eases
- Russia reports record jump in deaths
- Russian ‘hot nurse’ punished for accidentally exposing underwear due to ‘see-through’ PPE
- UN warns of looming collapse of Yemen’s health-care system
- Bulgaria allows EU residents to enter country
- Brazil becomes sixth country to hit 20k COVID deaths
- Thailand extends state of emergency even as no new cases reported
- Russia, Brazil drive largest daily jump in new cases
- Australia’s largest state, New South Wales, allows up to 50 people in restaurants and bars
Confirmed: 5,205,900 Deceased: 337,572 Recovered: 2,054,125
Hmmm, “Russian ‘hot nurse’ punished for accidentally exposing underwear due to ‘see-through’ PPE”:
a nurse working at a hospital in Russia’s central Tula region was suspended from her job for the mishap, which she says she didn’t realize until it was pointed out by a colleague. Several high-ranking government officials have weighed in, arguing that the hospital should reverse the punishment
Welp, seems like my kind of nurse