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Latest data as of 30th April, 2020. Top best recovery rate (These countries have recorded more than 60% recovery rate) Data counted only for countries with more than 1000 cases. Country Total Cases New Cases Total Deaths New Deaths Total Recovered Active Cases Percentage recovered from total cases 1. China 82,852 +4 4,633 +0 77,610 619 93.67 % 2. Iceland 1,797 +0 10 +0 1,656 131 92.15 % 3. Thailand 2,954 +7 54 +0 2,684 216 90.86 % 4. Australia 6,753 +7 91 +2 5,715 947 84.63 % 5. South Korea 10,765 +4 247 +1 9,059 1,459 84.15 % 6. New Zealand 1,476 +2 19 +0 1,241 216 84.08 % 7. Austria 15,452 +50 594 +4 12,907 1,961 83.53 % 8. Luxembourg 3,769 +0 89 +0 3,134 546 83.15 % 9. Hong Kong 1,038 +0 4 +0 846 188 81.50 % 10. Iran 94,640 +983 6,028 +71 75,103 13,509 79.36 % 11. Switzerland 29,586 +179 1,716 +0 23,100 4,770 78.08 % 12. Germany 161,552 +13 6,467 +0 123,500 31,585 76.45 % 13. Azerbaijan 1,766 +0 23 +0 1,267 476 71.74 % 14. Denmark 9,158 +150 443 +0 6,366 2,349 69.51 % 15. Malaysia 6,002 +57 102 +2 4,171 1,729 69.49 % 16. Iraq 2,003 +0 92 +0 1,346 565 67.20 %

Watching the video above it is very clearly seen as to why Asian countries such as Taiwan, South Korea and Japan managed to do a good job to contain the virus at a very early stage and stop it virus from spreading. It is all about early preparations with the mind to do mass testing to to find the patients and prevent the virus from spreading. That is why we can get to see the coronavirus patients in South Korea and Taiwan have not increased these few weeks and have basically low figures of cases. South Korea has a very high recovery rate among the patients as well. So it is high time for other countries around the whole world to learn from Taiwan, South Korea and Japan who have clearly done an extremely good job to contain the virus from spreading. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan has never really imposed a strict total lockdown but yet they are able to contain the virus showed how successful they have been. A good job done and thumbs up. Another secret of success here is that both Taiwan and South Korea have been extremely prepared to face the pandemic by November 2019 without the WHO announcing the crisis of the pandemic. That is what other countries need to learn. We need to be prepared to face the pandemic and crisis all the time.

Just cannot imagine how long will the Coronavirus last? How long will it be? Anyway here is the live recording of the Australian student under Wuhan lockdown.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21239689/coronavirus-pandemic-end-covid19-reopen-vaccine-treatment-testing If you’ve been marking the pandemic by the pileup of cautious reopenings and rescheduled events, you might think that an end to this global disaster is in sight. Event planners for the Kentucky Derby and Bonnaroo already have new opening days on the books in September. The Olympics are scheduled to start in Tokyo on July 23rd, 2021. There’s just one problem: if anyone says that they know exactly when this pandemic will be over, they are lying. No one can see the future. The virus is an unknown player, and the best minds on Earth can’t do more than make educated guesses about what comes next and when. Hell, we didn’t even notice the blood clot situation until just recently. I know. A guess is not comforting when you’re dreading another week of monotony in the same four walls. End dates are comforting. Reopenings are comforting. Contemplating a future that looks a lot like our cozy, crowded past is way more comforting than our isolated present. But let’s not confuse comfort for truth. A FUTURE THAT LOOKS A LOT LIKE OUR COZY, CROWDED PAST IS WAY MORE COMFORTING THAN OUR ISOLATED PRESENT When bowling alleys and tattoo parlors reopened in Georgia on Friday, the pandemic was not over. It won’t be over when the stay-at-home order in Michigan (maybe) lifts on May 15th or if the stay-at-home order in the Bay Area actually ends on May 31st. The dates politicians are throwing around are not finish lines. They aren’t guesses at an end date for this pandemic, either. Shelter-in-place orders are just time-outs. We have no sure-fire treatments for the virus, no vaccine, and a limited supply of health care workers. To keep as many people alive as possible, we’ve done the only thing we can do to slow the spread: we’ve hid from each other. The virus’s effects have not been, as some proposed, a great equalizer. The less you have, the harder you’re hit. The federal government has mostly failed at leading a coherent response to the pandemic. Doctors are clashing with the FBI over PPE, then running into the ER with whatever they can scrounge up. Governors are hitting up their private-jet-owner friends to have masks flown in from China to equip their hospitals. Nurses at other facilities are resorting to wearing garbage bags in an unsuccessful bid to avoid contracting the virus on the job. People who are already vulnerable are getting hit the hardest. Death rates have soared in black communities already slammed by other public health crises. On the Navajo Nation, experts worry that water shortages are contributing to the virus’s continued spread. The virus has raged through cramped homeless shelters and through the communities that can’t afford to distance themselves. “It’s become very clear to me what a socioeconomic disease this is,” an ER doctor working in Elmhurst, Queens told The New Yorker. “People hear that term ‘essential workers.’ Short-order cooks, doormen, cleaners, deli workers—that is the patient population here.” In some US prisons, the vast majority of inmates are testing positive for the virus, leaving incarcerated persons in fear for their lives. One inmate, Sterling Rivers, grimly observed that “Our sentences have turned into death sentences” in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Our failures around the coronavirus are systemic failures of public policy. THANKS TO AN INCONSISTENT AND OFTEN INCOHERENT GOVERNMENT RESPONSE IN THE US, WE NOW FACE AN UNCERTAIN TIMELINE FOR BOTH ECONOMIC AND HEALTH RECOVERIES Those failures have left the health care system struggling to cope, plunged society into a well of uncertainty, and sent the economy cratering. Thanks to an inconsistent and often incoherent government response in the US, we now face an uncertain timeline for both economic and health recoveries. Twenty-six million people have filed unemployment claims. And so some governors will call an end to stay-home orders in the hopes of resuscitating their economies. In Georgia, South Carolina, and parts of Tennessee, that time came on Friday. Other states, like California and New York, are taking a longer view, gradually easing some restrictions on movement while enforcing new requirements — masks on, low temps, can’t lose. As cases decrease, restrictions will relax. But once we let our guard down, we’ll likely see resurgences of cases, once again straining health resources — leaving us with no choice but to close ourselves off again. That’s what’s happening in parts of China now, where new outbreaks of the same disease have emerged. The open-and-shut economy will likely continue as cases ebb and flow. There are paths to victory, but as Ezra Klein notes at Vox, “these aren’t plans for returning to anything even approaching normal.” Victory over the virus will involve a lot of things that we don’t have yet. Scientific discoveries will help defeat the virus — but science can’t do it alone. Public policies will play a huge role, and even with firm health guidelines and speedy scientific developments, it will take longer than we want for us to truly eke out a win. What does a win look like? It will take widespread tests of everyone who might be sick and careful quarantining of anyone who tests positive. It will take armies of contact tracers to trace down anyone who might have been exposed. These low-tech interventions are the best thing we’ve got while we give researchers the time they need to come up with other solutions. OUR BRIGHTEST PROSPECTS — VACCINES AND TREATMENTS — ARE STILL IN THE MINORS Scientists will labor over vaccines and treatments, but the overwhelming majority of their trials will turn up nothing useful. They’ll also keep trying to understand the virus and our bodies’ complicated response to it, in the hopes of developing legitimate antibody tests. Eventually, we may discover something that destroys the virus without wrecking our bodies. But none of that is ready today. The end is still likely to be a long way away, as journalist Ed Yong writes in The Atlantic: “The pandemic is not a hurricane or a wildfire. It is not comparable to Pearl Harbor or 9/11. Such disasters are confined in time and space. The SARS-CoV-2 virus will linger through the year and across the world.” Consider this a rebuilding year. It might even turn into rebuilding years, depending on our progress. Our brightest prospects — vaccines and treatments — are still in the minors. Even antibody testing isn’t ready to be called up to the big leagues, at least not yet. This is a long game, and focusing on the victory celebrations — like New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio’s plan to “throw the biggest, best parade to honor” health care workers — won’t get us to the end. IF WE FOCUS ON WHAT VICTORY LOOKS LIKE INSTEAD OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET US THERE, WE’RE GOING TO KEEP BEING DISAPPOINTED If we focus on what victory looks like instead of what it takes to get us there, we’re going to keep being disappointed. We’ll feel defeated every time a drug fails in testing. We can’t let it get to us like that. The parades, the ballgames, the worship services that we’re looking forward to, those will be there once this is over. What we’ve got to ensure now is that when we get to reopening day — whenever it is — that our concert halls and stadiums and spiritual homes are filled with as many of our human siblings as we can possibly save. It still sucks when the goalposts move from April 15th to April 30th, then to May 15th. It feels like we’re Charlie Brown and the end to this is a football that Lucy keeps pulling away. But when it comes to the virus itself, the clock isn’t the statistic that matters. These are the ones that do: numbers of tests, numbers of new infections, and numbers of bodies in the morgues. When the numbers of tests go up and confirmed cases and deaths go down, then our playbook will change. But it won’t be the end of the fight — not yet. WE WON’T BE ABLE TO MARK THIS FINALE IN OUR CALENDARS We play this through to the end — there is no other option. Victory might look like a vaccine. It might look like a robust testing regime or a new treatment. It might look like us cobbling together a sense of normalcy and still watching for repeated outbreaks. Whatever form it takes, we’ll fight our way there with masks, thermometers, and soap, buying some time along the way. We’ll adjust our playbook as the virus adapts. We’ll position ourselves farther apart. We’ll do it again, and again when the next waves of this virus come. We will be exhausted when we get there, but we will get there. But if we don’t pace ourselves for the long haul, it will be that much harder to get through. We won’t be able to mark this finale in our calendars. All we can do is get through today, pushing our leaders to get the people on the front lines the resources and time they need to get us through this. We need politicians who will stop telling us the comforting things we want to hear and start acting to keep as many of us alive as possible.

You are right getting more and more confusing. Ha ha.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1274661/donald-trump-Kim-Jong-un-dead-health-updates-news-north-Korea-latest-white-house-briefing Donald Trump responds to Kim Jong-un death rumours - and says he knows the TRUTH At the White House yesterday, the US President hinted he may still be alive after he told a press conference that he wishes Kim Jong-un well, following days of speculation about the leader’s health. Some reports have suggested that Kim had died after undergoing heart surgery earlier this month, however, this has also been counteracted with denial from Kim’s aides and South Korean press. Trump responded to a reporter's question about Kim’s well being by dismissing the notion that he is dead. "I can’t tell you exactly. Yes, I do have a very good idea,” he said. “But I can’t talk about it, I just wish him well. I’ve had a very good relationship with Kim Jong-un.” He also refused to answer if Kim had replied to a letter sent to the North Korean leader back in March. Trump hit back: “If I wasn't president, you would have been in war with Korea, "You would have been in war with North Korea if I wasn't president. "That I can tell you. He expected that. That I can tell you. It comes as South Korea foreign policy adviser Chung in Moon said that Kim was “alive and well” and his government’s position is that the leader is not dead. The advisor told Fox: “No suspicious movements have so far been detected.” Trump responded to the comments made by Chung-in by saying “He didn’t say anything last Saturday,” Trump said of Kim. “Nobody knows where he is so he obviously couldn’t have said it,” Trump added. Trump seemed to be referring to Kim's message to workers in the country published in North Korean state-media Sunday but it was not immediately clear. Rumours swirled about Kim’s death over the weekend after a TV director commented on the subject. Hong Kong TV director Shijian Xingzou who has 15 million followers on Chinese social media Weibo released a report on the death which spread the theory Kim had died. A Japanese media outlet also claimed that Kim was in a “vegetative state” after his surgery. Backing up the denial of the leader’s death is a North Korean journalist, who wrote a social media post that he had zero trust in the reports. He wrote: “The health of the Kim family is the secret among secrets."

Latest data as of 28th April, 2020. Top best recovery rate (These countries have recorded more than 60% recovery rate) Data counted only for countries with more than 1000 cases. Country Total Cases New Cases Total Deaths New Deaths Total Recovered Active Cases Percentage recovered from total cases 1. China 82,836 +6 4,633 +0 77,555 648 93.62 % 2. Iceland 1,795 +3 10 +0 1,624 161 90.47 % 3. Thailand 2,938 +7 54 +2 2,652 232 90.27 % 4. Luxembourg 3,729 +0 88 +0 3,123 518 83.75 % 5. Australia 6,731 +11 84 +1 5,626 1,021 83.58 % 6. New Zealand 1,472 +3 19 +0 1,214 239 82.47 % 7. South Korea 10,752 +14 244 +1 8,854 1,654 82.35 % 8. Austria 15,357 +83 569 +20 12,580 2,208 81.92 % 9. Iran 92,584 +1,112 5,877 +71 72,439 14,268 78.24 % 10. Hong Kong 1,038 +0 4 +0 811 223 78.13 % 11. Switzerland 29,264 +100 1,677 +12 22,200 5,387 75.86 % 12. Germany 159,038 +280 6,161 +35 117,400 35,477 73.81 % 13. Azerbaijan 1,717 +39 22 +0 1,221 474 71.11 % 14. Iraq 1,847 +0 88 +0 1,286 473 69.63 % 15. Denmark 8,851 +153 434 +7 6,121 2,296 69.16 % 16. Malaysia 5,851 +31 100 +1 4,032 1,719 68.91 %

Latest data as of 27th April, 2020. Top best recovery rate (These countries have recorded more than 60% recovery rate) Data counted only for countries with more than 1000 cases. Country Total Cases New Cases Total Deaths New Deaths Total Recovered Active Cases Percentage recovered from total cases 1. China 82,830 +3 4,633 +1 77,474 723 93.53 % 2. Iceland 1,792 +0 10 +0 1,608 174 89.73 % 3. Thailand 2,931 +9 52 +1 2,609 270 89.01 % 4. Luxembourg 3,729 +6 88 +0 3,123 518 83.75 % 5. South Korea 10,738 +10 243 +1 8,764 1,731 81.62 % 6. Australia 6,720 +4 83 +0 5,586 1,051 81.13 % 7. Austria 15,274 +49 549 +7 12,362 2,363 80.93 % 8. New Zealand 1,469 +0 19 +1 1,180 270 80.33 % 9. Iran 91,472 +991 5,806 +96 70,933 14,733 77.55 % 10. Hong Kong 1,038 +0 4 +0 787 247 75.82% 11. Switzerland 29,164 +103 1,640 +30 21,800 5,724 74.75 % 12. Iraq 1,820 +0 87 +0 1,263 470 69.40 % 13. Azerbaijan 1,678 +33 21 +1 1,162 494 69.25 % 14. Denmark 8,698 +123 427 +5 5,959 2,312 68.51 % 15. Malaysia 5,820 +40 99 +1 3,957 1,764 67.99 % 16. Germany 199,414 +1,739 5,877 +110 114,500 37,657 57.42 %

Nothing thus far to proof anything about Kim Jong Un death. However his death could also mean the end of nuclear missles. It could also mean the end of the suffering of the North Korean people. However all is a speculation and we do not know what will happen. If it is true that Kim Jong Un is dead, then his sister Kim Yo Jong has to take over. But then no one can predict what will happen in the future. We need to hope for someone brave enough in North Korea or South Korea to tell us all something. If not back to square one and no news.

Latest data as of 26th April, 2020. Top best recovery rate (These countries have recorded more than 60% recovery rate) Data counted only for countries with more than 1000 cases. Country Total Cases New Cases Total Deaths New Deaths Total Recovered Active Cases Percentage recovered from total cases 1. China 82,827 +11 4,632 +0 77,394 801 93.44 % 2. Thailand 2,922 +515 51 +0 2,594 277 88.77 % 3. Iceland 1,790 +1 10 +0 1,570 210 87.71 % 4. Luxembourg 3,711 +16 85 +0 3,088 538 83.21 % 5. Australia 6,711 +16 83 +3 5,539 1,089 82.54 % 6. South Korea 10,728 +10 242 +2 8,717 1,769 81.25 % 7. Austria 15,225 +77 542 +6 12,282 2,401 80.67 % 8. New Zealand 1,470 +9 18 +0 1,142 310 77.69 % 9. Iran 90,481 +1,153 5,710 +60 69,657 15,114 76.99 % 10. Switzerland 28,894 +0 1,607 +8 21,300 5,987 73.72 % 11. Hong Kong 1,038 +0 4 +0 753 281 72.54 % 12. Germany 156,513 +1,459 5,877 +110 109,800 40,836 70.15 % 13. Iraq 1,763 +55 86 +0 1,224 453 69.43 % 14. Azerbaijan 1,645 +28 21 +0 1,139 485 69.24 % 15. Denmark 8,445 +0 418 +0 5,669 2,358 67.13 % 16. Malaysia 5,780 +38 98 +0 3,862 1,820 66.82 %

That is such bad news. Hope India can pull through this.

It is very hard to get to know the truth knowing that North Korea is a communist country who will not share their country news with other people. North Korea also seem to look very isolated from the rest of the world. What their leader really care about is building up their nuclear weapon. So it is kind of difficult to really understand what is happening inside North Korea. Well there are some news indicating that the North Korea leader has died due to heart complications and his surgery is obviously not successful. But then again nothing to proof all the news and we just have to wait patiently for the truth to be revealed.

There are lots of news written and said that North Korean do have citizens who are infected with the virus. However nothing has been reported thus far and not even a single citizen in North Korea is said to be infected with the virus. However this is not the truth. North Korea being a communist country is famous for being a hermit country who will conceal facts and not letting people know about it. So it is of no wonder that North Korea choose to close their case and not report their coronavirus cases. North Korea is also said to have a very poor health care system. So they will not be able to cope with this pandemic.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1273440/north-korea-news-coronavirus-kim-jong-un-crisis-china Kim Myong, who held a senior government role in North Korea before escaping to the West, said it was "absurd lies" to claim the country had no coronavirus cases and the true number "very likely exceeds imagination". Mr Kim suggested Pyongyang was hiding the true devastation of the coronavirus crisis in a bid to spare China embarrassment. Writing for the US-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Mr Kim said: "China has launched a disinformation campaign to dispute the Chinese origin of the virus. "If North Korea transparently publicised its coronavirus figures, this could add a factcheck, potentially undermining China's denial and disinformation campaign. "The two countries share an 880-mile-long border, and admission of a massive COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea would substantially reinforce evidence that the pandemic originated in China. "Kim Jong-un might have decided to conceal the real data to avoid embarrassing Chinese premier Xi Jinping. "With North Korea increasingly isolated on the world stage, China is perhaps its only ally and relations between the two nations are said to be as close as 'lips and teeth'." Mr Kim said the Hermit Kingdom was also desperate to keep its death toll from its citizens and feared society would be terrified if the real impact became known. Until this week North Korea insisted the country was free of coronavirus although the claims were widely dismissed by the international community. There were unverified claims in February North Korea had executed a COVID-19 patient by firing squad because he had broken isolation restrictions by visiting a public bath house. And a Daily NK report last month claimed almost 200 soldiers had died from coronavirus during a major outbreak at their army camp. Earlier this week health officials in Pyongyang acknowledged cases of the disease had been reported in three areas of the country which borders China where the global pandemic began last December. North Korean government officials have reportedly been holding lectures to educate residents about the virus, claiming the country had the fewest number of COVID-19 cases in the world because it had "the most superior socialist healthcare system". There are fears a major outbreak in North Korea would be catastrophic due to its poor healthcare system, malnutrition, economic sanctions and its woeful handling of past crises such as the 1990s famine which became known as the "Arduous March". Mr Kim said: “North Korea’s healthcare system is fragile and precarious. "The people of North Korea have long been affected by chronic malnutrition, poor health and weak immunity. “Consequently, it would be no exaggeration to state that North Korea is far more vulnerable to COVID-19 than any other country in the world. "Perhaps it would not be unreasonable to assume that North Korea has been more affected than any other country in the world." In response to the coronavirus outbreak, North Korea closed its borders and ordered all foreigners in the country to self-isolate for weeks. There have been unverified claims of cities being locked down and test kits being in short supply. Mr Kim has called on the international community to pressure North Korea into sharing transparent information and accepting any necessary foreign assistance to save lives.

Here is the latest news that reported about the death of Kim Jong Un. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1273879/Kim-Jong-un-dead-North-Korea-health-news-latest-civil-war-US-death Kim Jong-Un's death could spark North Korean civil war says military expert Kim Jong-un's death has been reported by several media outlets in China and Japan following concerns over his health. Early reports have indicated that the North Korean dictator died following complications from heart surgery he had earlier in the month. If reports of his death are correct the news will spell turmoil for the secretive nation a senior South Korean military source said. South Korean operations chief Lt. Gen. Chun in-Bum told Military Times: "It's bad news for everyone. "This could lead to chaos, human suffering and instability." Retired Special Forces Colonel David Maxwell also told the Military Times a military response may be necessary by the US and South Korea in the event of unrest from the country. He claimed tensions between North Korea and the West could intensify following the death of Kim Jong-un. Mr Maxwell said: "Since North Korea is a Guerrilla Dynasty built on the myth of anti-Japanese Partisan warfare, we can expect a large number of the military, 1.2 million active-duty and 6 million reserves, to resist any foreign intervention. "This includes intervention from South Korea. "Units of the North Korean People's Army are going to compete for resources and survival. "This will lead to internal conflict among units and could escalate to widespread civil war." Mr Maxwell said the confusion that follows the death of the North Korean leader could also be a cause for international concern. He said: "It is unknown whether Kim Jong-un has a designated successor. "We can speculate that perhaps his sister Kim Yo Jong has been designation as his successor. "This is based on her recent promotion and the fact she has begun making official statements in her name beginning last month. "But it is unknown whether a woman, despite being part of the Paektu bloodline could become the leader of the Kim family regime." Earliest reports of Kim Jong-un's death came from Vice director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satelite Television Shijan Xingzou who claimed that a very solid source told her that the North Korean leader had died. Japanese weekly magazine Shukan Gendai claimed that the dictator was not yet dead but in a vegetative state and would not recover from his heart surgery complications.

Latest data as of 25th April, 2020. Top best recovery rate (These countries have recorded more than 60% recovery rate) Data counted only for countries with more than 1000 cases. Country Total Cases New Cases Total Deaths New Deaths Total Recovered Active Cases Percentage recovered from total cases 1. China 82,816 +12 4,632 +0 77,346 838 93.39 % 2. Thailand 2,907 +53 51 +1 2,547 309 87.62 % 3. Iceland 1,789 +0 10 +0 1,542 237 86.19 % 4. Luxembourg 3,695 +0 85 +0 3,007 603 81.38 % 5. South Korea 10,718 +10 240 +0 8,635 1,843 80.57 % 6. Australia 6,695 +20 80 +1 5,372 1,243 80.24 % 7. Austria 15,148 +77 536 +6 12,103 2,509 79.90 % 8. New Zealand 1,461 +5 18 +1 1,118 325 76.52 % 9. Iran 89,328 +1,134 5,650 +76 68,193 15,485 76.34 % 10. Switzerland 28,894 +217 1,593 +4 21,000 6,301 72.68 % 11. Hong Kong 1,038 +2 4 +0 753 281 72.54 % 12. Germany 155,054 +55 5,767 +6 109,800 39,487 70.81 % 13. Iraq 1,708 +0 86 +0 1,204 418 70.49 % 14. Denmark 8,445 +235 418 +15 5,669 2,358 67.13 % 15. Azerbaijan 1,617 +25 21 +0 1,080 516 66.79 % 16. Malaysia 5,742 +51 98 +2 3,762 1,882 65.52 %

It is still on the run. Trial is on the way. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-23/coronavirus-vaccine-human-trials-how-do-they-work/12177606 A new coronavirus vaccine is now ready for human testing. So how do these trials work?

Armando Martell@LazeeMexicano Replying to @JamesWi04828269and@Acyn This exactly what I’ve been telling people. If warm weather kills the virus why do warm weather countries have outbreaks.

This is the sarcastic photo.