HEALTH

                     From Europe to South America, US allies are complaining about the superpower's wild west  tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to buyers who have already signed deals for vital medical supplies, faced with changing official opinion and growing confusion among the general public about whether or not masks help to protect people from Coronavirus epidemic, the official stance on the wearing of masks has evolved in recent days, in France and Germany senior officials said the United States was paying for above the market price for medical grade masks from China, on occasion winning contracts through higher bids even after European buyers believed a deal was done and Brazil's Health Minister reported a similar incident, one high level official in German government source said, Money is irrelevant, they pay any price because they are desperate. Americans are on the move, carrying a lot of money.  S...

             The governments have ordered thousands of ventilators to help ease the pressure on hospitals caused by the Coronavirus crisis, for patients with the worst effects of the infection, a ventilator offers the best chance of survival. Simply put, a ventilator takes over the body's breathing process when disease has caused the lungs to fail, this gives the patient time to fight off the infection and recover, various types of medical ventilation can be used.                                                                   According to the World Health Organization WHO, some 80% of people with Covid-19 recover without needing hospital treatment, in these severe cases, the virus causes damage to the lungs, the body's immune system detects this and expands blood vessels so more ...

                 As the new Coronavirus that has killed more than 24,000 people continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the pandemic and prevent its spread within the country, there have been 1,036 cases of COVID-19 infections reported in Russia so far and 4 deaths. The authorities confirmed 196 new cases on Friday, bringing the country's official number of cases up to more than thousand and making the largest one-day increase in cases so far, it also said one person had died in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to 4, Russia will suspend all regular and charter flights to other countries starting today, President Vladimir Putin has declared that the week from March 28 to April 5 will be a nationwide paid holiday to encourage Russians to stay home and slow the spread of the virus. All restaurants and cafes have been ordered to close during this time with the exception of delive...

                     The World Health Organization experts and according to latest statistics are saying that the United States is going to be the epicenter of Coronavirus outbreak, as the country is seeing a very large acceleration in cases, this comes amid concern the US president could be prioritizing the economy in his crisis response. Trump said he was eager to reopen the US economy in weeks, not months, even as the death toll from COVID-19 continued to rise, with more than 25,000 positive tests and 210 deaths, New York has become the epicenter of Coronavirus in the United States, the city now at a standstill faces a tsunami of sick and dying people , the Attack rate of the virus, the percentage of the population infected , is five times higher than in other parts of the country , leading Dr Deborah Birx, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, to warn "To all of my friends and colleagues in New York, this is the gro...

                                              Earlier this year, when the first reports of the Coronavirus started to come out of China, globale health officials said they were very worried about what would happen if COVID-19 started spreading in Africa, where many health systems are already struggling, well Africa now affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, so far the number of reported cases remains growing more than 1,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been identified in 40 African countries that have so far spared from the Coronavirus outbreak, but in reality they are likely to be hit the hardest, according to recent assessment obviously brought to evolve, Uganda and Eritrea joined the list of African countries which announced last weekend their first confirmed cases, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mauritius and Kenya have reported additional cases, from Burkina Faso in west ...

                There's one country in the world that currently has the most knowledge and experience with Coronavirus, CHINA and specifically Hubei province, is where the COVID-19 disease emerged, it's where 83% of the 284,814 cases known to date have been recorded and it's where doctors and health authorities have been battling an epidemic for more than three months using unprecedented public health measures, including a cordon sanitaire and lock downs that affected millions. In recent weeks, though, the number of new infections and deaths reported in china has been declining, which suggests spread of the virus may have peaked there and that transmission is slowing down, at the same time cases are rapidly increasing in several other countries, with major outbreaks in Italy, Spain, South Korea and Iran, it's now critical that the rest of the world learn as much as it can from China's efforts to respond and limit the spread of the Coronavirus...

ADVICE AND INFORMATION ABOUT CORONA VIRUS:  Symptoms of Corona Virus : The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, fatigue and dry cough. Some patients experience pain, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea. These symptoms are generally mild and appear gradually, some people although infected, have no symptoms and feel good. Most "around 80%" people recover without needing any special treatment, about one in six people with the disease have more severe symptoms, including dyspnea. Seniors and those with other health conditions " High blood pressure, heart problems or diabetes" are more likely to have severe symptoms, anyone who has a fever, cough and has trouble breathing should see a doctor. COVID-19 spread: COVID-19 is transmitted be people with the virus. The disease can be spread from person to another through respiratory droplets expelled from the nose or mouth when a person coughs or sneezes. Theses droplets can be found on object...

CORONA VIRUS IMPROVES HYGIENE AND HEALTH HABITS AMONG MOROCCANS: Concerns about the transmission of the Corona Virus have caused a large group of Moroccan consumers to purchase sterilizers for cleaning hands and showers from shops, shopping malls and pharmacies, the high demand for these products contributed to the slight increase in prices in addition the disappearance of some of them temporarily, due to the lack of additional quantities destined for sale to the consumer in these stores. A group of Moroccan companies operating in the production of cleaning materials intended for personal use, have remedied the situation by raising the pace of production in response to the increasing demand for their products, The president of the Moroccan association of consumer rights, explained that the demand for the cleaning products made from alcohol and iodine, after the outbreak of Corona Virus in the world and the registration of a group of limited cases in Morocco, indicates the changing...