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Up to date figures suggest there are 300,000 confirmed cases of the corona virus world wide. These figures may be exaggerated. According to reports, globally, about 90% of sufferers are recovering from the corona virus. Covid 19 is similar to as called Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome which is reported to leave chronic symptoms, and four virus strains documented to be responsible for various flues and the common cold. Corona virus disease 19 is said to differ because of an as described spike protein believed by some experts to protrude from the surface of the virus, hooking on to new host cells. According to an analysis, the so called spikes which are peculiar to covid 19 have not been genetically engineered.

With regard to deaths from corona virus disease 19, figures are believed to differ according to how a state looks after the vulnerable, such as those with drug addictions and other chronic problems.

According to news, Kirsty McColl died while swimming on an island off the east coast of Mexico in December 2000. Kirsty was reported to have gone swimming with her two sons in a specially designated diving area when a power boat entered the restricted area at high speed, running over Kirsty before retreating. She was reported to have died instantly. A man was charged with culpable homicide, according to documentation a categorisation within the commonwealth of nations. According to reports the outcome of the court hearing was not disclosed.

Kirsty’s father was a folk singer and as called labour activist. In 1932 MI5 were reported to have opened a file on him for his political views. With the outbreak of the second world war he had to join the army and is believed to have been expelled for anti-fascist activity. In 1945 he was reported to have changed his name to MacColl from Miller.

After Kirsty’s death, her family campaigned for justice, making a petition to the Inter-American Commision for Human Rights. Kirsty is most well known for co-singing ‘fairy tale of New York’ with Irish band the Pogues.

Documented cases of COVID 19 in Spain are said to have shot up to 4,200, with 120 deaths reported. Said to be exacerbated by mass gatherings for sport, politics and International women’s day, a state of emergency has been declared, and set to last for a reported 15 days.

Madrid, Catalonia and the Basque region are believed to be severely affected. Madrid is logged as the most severely affected. Half of the cases and almost 2/3 of deaths said to be occuring in Madrid. At Madrid’s La Paz Hospital, reportedly the gymn has been converted into a quarantine area. Roads have been closed to four towns in north eastern Spain. In the Catalan town of Igualada the mayor described the situation at the local hospital as desperate.

In a report said to be published yesterday, academics at the Esade University, Barcelona debated the economic impact, believed to be especially prevalent by eu standards. Would be tourists to Madrid and northern Spain might be able to postpone their holidays.

The as called world health organisation has stated that Europe is now the focus of COVID 19 prompting the u.s. to ban travel to and from Europe. Figures suggest the global mortality rate of the disease is around 5.6%. Differing mortality rates may indicate a variance in the disease. Thought to be up to date figures estimate the overall number of COVID 19 cases to be over 132,000. According to commentary on t.v. and elsewhere the as called social distancing, the closing of schools and universities and prohibition of large groups etc is expected to delay the spread of the disease, helpful to health care services and allowing hospitals to cope.

According to a news source, China now report a levelling off of new cases. Italy are believed to be in severe crisis with 1,266 deaths thought to be as a result of the virus. Documented cases according to up to date figures reported to be 17,660. If figures aren’t eroneous the 14% fatality rate is substantially higher than other European union states. According to reports only food shops, pharmacies and essential stores are allowed to remain open in what is described as a nationwide lockdown.

According to experts the elderly and those with chronic illnesses are the most at risk and should isolate as much as possible.

According to French lawyer and politician Christine Lagarde, president of the European central bank and thought to be managing director of the as called International Monetory Fund, the ECB who are refusing to cut interest rates are all ready to provide commercial bank lending as opposed to helping indebted European countries during the corona crisis, which may affect trade if current travel restrictions continue. The bank of England have marginally cut interest rates.

Scientific advice does not advocate unilateral school closures according to the little affected u.k. who were apparently told that this could do more harm than good, having a major impact on families. Children may have to be looked after by grandparents, reportedly one of the most vulnerable groups. Confirmed cases of corona virus in Britain, Wednesday’s figures were 460 cases, with 8 deaths. In Britain, any school having an identified case of corona virus will close for a deep clean.

Irish statistics are 70 confirmed cases of as called COV 19. Twenty in northern Ireland. According to the health service executive there has been an estimated five known cases of community transmitted corona virus. Other as called clusters or infected groups believed to have originated from northern Italy.

There were 631 reported corona virus deaths in Italy as of Tuesday’s figures. France is believed to hold 2,876 cases with reportedly 12 recoveries and 61 deaths, yesterday’s figures. Atleast 1,323 reported cases and 38 deaths in the u.s. according to up to date figures.

Estimated global cases; atleast 127,863 with 4,718 deaths. Could be more.

According to a report, as called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus 2, shortened as SARS-CO-2 is the name supposedly given to the current viral epidemic, reportedly emerging in 2019 in China and said to be a new strain of corona virus. One previously known strain of the corona virus as documented is SARS-CO-1 or original SARS which also reportedly emerged in China, in 2002. SARS is a viral illness that infects the respiratory tract and can cause pneumonia. The 2002 epidemic was documented to have spread to 24 countries in north and south America, Europe and Asia before being contained, reportedly after 8 months. According to statistics there were 8000 cases, 800 deaths being reported. Figures unconfirmed.

The other previously publicised corona virus epidemic is as called MERS-CoV/Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Said to have emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012, MERS was documented to have spread throughout the middle east and beyond. Later cases were reportedly genetically distinct. According to one source 2000 cases and 600 deaths were reported. Animals are blamed. The current corona virus epidemic is genetically related to the COV-1 virus and MERS. There is according to one report, 93000 confirmed cases of COV 2, with 2717 reported deaths. Could be much more.

COVID-19 is said to be the disease associated with COV 2 but may be just a new name. A previous pattern of corona virus is reported to have resulted in a genetic mutation. Initial symptoms of coronavirus are reportedly fever, cough, difficulty breathing, sore thoat, muscle pain and tiredness.

An immense plague of locusts devouring crops in east Africa may indicate disease. Details not yet known.

Doctor Neary, a thought to be Irish consultant gynaecologist was struck off the medical register, reportedly in 2003 for carrying out unnecessary hysterectomies. He is believed to have carried out 129 hysterectomies between 1974 and 1998.

A culture of obedience with regard to consultants may have resulted in him going unreported throughout those years.

An average of 1 hysterectomy per 37 caeserian sections is documented at the hospital where he worked compared to a national average of 1:254.

There are a number of other cases of the needless removal of reproductive organs. In some cases the individuals were not informed. Worries are that this could become more widespread.

Two participants in the Russian revolution were reportedly the as called Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. The Mensheviks were thought to be the more liberal of the two but similar views based on communism; believed to be a dictatorship of the prolateriat though elitism wasn’t discarded all together. The as called Socialist Revolutionary Party was the third participant. Founded in 1900, the SRP was said to have won many votes in Russia’s thought to be first ever election of 1917. According to various reports the consequence was prohibition by the Bolsheviks and the beginning of the Russian civil war. Some members of the Socialist revolutionary party are reported to have joined the Bolsheviks, believed to be more right wing. The civil war ended in October 1922 with victory for the Bolsheviks, but not without concessions.

There was various foreign intervention in the aftermath of the first world war. The as documented Russian famine, reportedly beginning in the early spring of 1921 and lasting throughout 1922 is believed to have caused the death of 5 million people. Said to be a consequence of many years of war, resulting in neglect of the thought to be Volga region, a vast plain as described, encompassing Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine and Romania. Many may have turned to western allies for food.