Thursday, April 9 coronavirus updates
Hello, welcome to The Daily Moth! It is Thursday, April 9. Here are coronavirus updates.
The U.S. Labor Department announced that 6.6 million people filed for unemployment insurance last week. This brings the number of unemployment claims over the past four weeks to 17 million. The Washington Post said the U.S. unemployment rate is now at 13%. That means more than 1 in 10 people have lost their jobs because of COVID-19.
BBC News reported that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s health has improved after two nights in an ICU unit with COVID-19 symptoms and is now out of the ICU. He is said to be sitting up in bed and in good spirits.
CNN did a report that described people in Punjab, India’s reactions to being able to clearly see the Himalayan mountain range more than 100 miles away because there is less air pollution due to a country-wide lockdown because of coronavirus. CNN also reported that Delhi saw a great reduction in air pollution because of the lockdown.
Popular Mechanics reported that there is a reduction in seismic noise — the amount of vibrations on Earth — because many are staying home. Scientists in Belgium said there is a 30% reduction from normal levels and that it is much easier to detect Earth’s movements.
First Lady Melania Trump tweeted a video and an image of herself wearing a face mask to promote the CDC’s recommendation for people to cover their faces they are out in the public. Her husband, President Trump, is not fond of the idea of wearing a mask. He said last week that he couldn’t see himself wearing a mask in the Oval Office.
The New York Times reported that the Navajo Nation — located in Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, the largest land area controlled by an indigenous tribe in the United States, has reported 20 deaths from COVID-19, which is more than the entire state of New Mexico with 16 deaths. An outbreak was traced to a church rally on March 7. There will be a weekend-long curfew starting Friday at 8 p.m. to try and control the spread.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group that we as a society need to stop shaking hands, even after the pandemic is over. He said that we will have it imprinted in us forever that something like this can happen and that shaking hands is one of the major ways that you can transmit a respiratory illness. So are handshakes gone for good?
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announced yesterday on an unlisted YouTube video that the Biennial NAD Conference in Chicago “will not happen.” This is one of the last major summer events in the Deaf community to cancel or postpone. DeafNation announced two weeks ago that their World Expo in Las Vegas would be postponed to 2021. Other Deaf events impacted are the National Deaf People of Color Conference, the Oiol Festival, and Deafopia events.
As of 3:45 today, there are 1.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world. 93,400 have died while 346,000 have recovered. The U.S. has the most cases with 451,000 — 16,000 have died while 25,000 have recovered.
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