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Coronavirus COVID-19 Dubai UAE

Coronavirus in the UAE: Some information on this website is out of date as a result of measures taken in the UAE to deal with the coronavirus crisis. Confirm with official or authoritative sources.

Coronavirus COVID-19 Dubai UAE

Coronavirus COVID-19 Dubai UAE information, timeline, references. Almost 100 years after the end of the Spanish Flu, another global pandemic started, with the first cases appearing in Hubai province in China, probably Wuhan city. First infection date not yet confirmed but unexplained coronavirus or SARS related cases started appearing in China from Nov 2019 onwards. On 26 or 27 Dec 2019, Dr Zhang Jixian alerted Chinese health authorities about some deaths due to pneumonia of an unknown origin. On 30 Dec 2019, Dr Li Wenliang posted a private message with a SARS warning, which was shared publicly and earned him a reprimand from Chinese authorities. He died of the new SARS infection in February 2020. On 31 Dec 2019, the WHO was made aware of several deaths due to pneumonia from an unknown origin. On 07 Jan 2020, China determined that a new human coronavirus was out there and causing mayhem. The epidemic which started in Hubei province was somewhat contained by March 2020 but not before it had started to spread around the world, with almost all countries putting in place some form of lockdown and travel restrictions by the end of March 2020. At the beginning of April 2020, globally the number of reported cases reached 1 million (with speculation that there might be several to 50 million undocumented cases), and 50,000 deaths with the number increasing exponentially. If containment procedures are not successful, by the end of April 2020, total deaths could be 1-10 million, and reported cases 20-200 million.

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We are not medical professionals. Neither are sources such as Facebook, newspapers, country leaders, Twitterers, Instagram models, conspiracy theorists, and most websites or blogs. Even medical professionals and authoritative sources have conflicting opinions. Try to inform yourself from the best information sources, not the most dramatic or clickbatiest headlines. There are a large number of people and institutions seeking opportunities to profit from human suffering, and the internet is an excellent medium for the spread of both good and bad information. Don't sacrifice rationality for magical thinking and false hope. Don't believe something just because it is what you want to hear. Check and try to verify with a trustworthy source.

There have always been conflicts between medical, legal, economic, political, moral, religious, etc perspectives. In many situations those conflicts will be more pronounced during the time of coronavirus. For example, a bank or a telephone company might want to help you from a moral or ethical perspective, but from a business or workload perspective that desire conflicts with the desire to make more profit for shareholders and be more efficient. Governments attempt to mitigate those conflicts by introducing new laws, but new laws take time to implement, and introduce new, sometimes unexpected, conflicts.

What are the different terms coronavirus vs COVID-19 vs SARS-Cov-2 vs Novel Coronavirus?

A Novel Coronavirus is a newly discovered corona virus. The one discovered in Jan 2020 after some unexplained deaths in China in Dec 2019 is called COVID-19, and causes the respiratory illness SARS-CoV-2.

Chinese Virus = an unofficial reference to the COVID-19 virus made more popular by US President Donald Trump in March 2020. He stopped using the term later in March 2020. His logic was that the virus originated in China, similar to calling the H1N1 Influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 the Spanish Flu. Except that that pandemic didn't originate in Spain.
coronavirus
1. is commonly (in 2020) used to refer to the global pandemic which started at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. Most "coronavirus" references in publications, presentations, and conversations either refer to the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus, or the SARS-CoV-2 illness. Including this page because although not technically correct, it is how the term is used, and is likely to continue to be used for quite some time.
2. more correctly refers to a family of related viruses which look similar and infect birds and mammals. The name comes from the corona-like protrusions from the surface of the virus sphere (virions from other virus families also have similar looking protrusions). The current COVID-19 pandemic is caused by one coronavirus family member. So far there are three corona viruses which infect humans and cause a respiratory illness with a significant fatality rate: SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2, and MERS-CoV. There are another four human coronaviruses, which all cause the common cold (the common cold can also be caused by other virus families, most frequently the rhinovirus family). Although coronavirus infections can result in flu-like symptoms, Influenza, or the flu results from a different virus family (the orthomyxovirus family), not coronaviruses.
coronavirus 2 = a less common but not official reference to COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2.
COVID-19 = the new virus which appeared in humans in Dec 2019 in Wuhan, China, identified as a new virus on 07 Jan 2020. Also or previously called 2019-nCoV, or Novel Coronavirus. Causes the respiratory illness SARS-CoV-2.
[check] HCoV = Human Coronavirus, a reference to one of the seven known human coronaviruses. HCoV-2019 refers either to the COVID-19 virus or the SARS-CoV-2 disease caused by the COVID-19 virus.
MERS = Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), similar to SARS, caused by the MERS Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), also a corona virus, and also initially called a/the Novel Coronavirus. First appeared in 2012. More lethal but not as contagious as SARS-CoV-1. Several hundred infections detected from 2012-2015, about a third of them died.
Novel Coronavirus = literally "new" coronavirus. Term is used because the COVID-19 virus was not detected in humans before Dec 2019. It probably existed long before that. Out of millions of existing viruses, only a few thousand have been identified and cataloged.
SARS = Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, an illness resulting in breathing difficulties, to put it mildly. Is caused by the SARS Coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-1 (previously SARS-CoV), which is similar to SARS-CoV-2, responsible for the COVID-19 illness which is very similar to SARS. See also MERS, another severe respiratory illness caused by a (different) corona virus, the MERS-Coronavirus.
SARS-CoV-2 (formerly or also called HCoV-19) = the specific version of SARS caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus. Distinct from but similar to SARS-CoV-1 which was caused by the coronavirus which appeared in 2003. Also called the coronavirus disease.

Coronavirus and COVID-19 in Dubai and UAE

Corona virus UAE changes and closures
Item	Date	Date of change	Status	Duration	Notes
Bus routes intercity	05 Apr 2020	05 Apr 2020	All RTA intercity routes suspended	indefinitely	Buses to and from Dubai
Disinfection Program	28 Mar 2020		Extended, 2000-0600 curfew	to 05 Apr 2020
Disinfection Program	26 Mar 2020		Curfew applies 2000-0600	26-28 Mar 2020	Essential activities permitted
Dubai Airport			Mostly closed	indefinitely
Dubai Expo 2020	21 Apr 2020	[29 May 2020]	Postponement recommended by BIE		01 Oct 2021 to 01 Mar 2022
Facemasks - see Masks
Flights to from UAE	23 Mar 2020	25 Mar 2020	All passenger flights suspended	2 weeks	Cargo and evacuation exempt
Global Village			Early season closure
Masks			AED 1,000 fine if not worn in vehicle
Parking, RTA Dubai	10 Apr 2020	extension	Free until end of sterilisation/disinfection		RTA twitter
Pharmacies			Timings changed	indefinitely
Recreation facilities	21 Mar 2020	22 Mar 2020	Closed	2 weeks	Beaches, pools, sports, cinemas, etc
Remote Work System	26 Mar 2020	29 Mar 2020	Onsite workforce only 30% permitted	2 weeks	Exemptions for vital sectors
Restaurants, cafes, etc	23 Mar 2020	25 Mar 2020	Closed except for deliveries	2 weeks	Updated from 21 Mar 2020
Restaurants, cafes, etc	21 Mar 2020	22 Mar 2020	Maximum 20% capacity	2 weeks	Outdoor kiosks etc exempt
Schools	02 Apr 2020		Elearning to continue		Until end of 2019-2020 academic year
Schools	03 Mar 2020	08 Mar 2020	Early closing for spring break, then elearning	4 weeks	2 weeks break then 2 weeks elearning
Shopping malls	23 Mar 2020	25 Mar 2020	Closed	2 weeks	Supermarkets, pharmacies exempt
Supermarkets			Opening hours changed	indefinitely
Tawajudi for residents	21 Mar 2020	21 Mar 2020	MOFAIC service residents oversease	not specified	Aids return to UAE in emergencies
Universities and colleges	02 Apr 2020		Elearning to continue		Until end of 2019-2020 academic year
Universities and colleges	03 Mar 2020	08 Mar 2020	Early closing for spring break, then elearning	4 weeks	2 weeks break then 2 weeks elearning
Visa extension, tourist, visit	13 Apr 2020	13 Apr 2020	Expiry after 01 Mar valid until 31 Dec 2020		All visas, all emirates. Reddit thread.
Visa extension, residents			Expiry after 01 Mar extended to 31 Dec 2020
Visa suspension, residents	02 Apr 2020	02 Apr 2020	Entry ban continues until 16 Apr 2020	2 weeks	Renewable. Register with Tawajudi.
Visa suspension, residents	19 Mar 2020	19 Mar 2020	Entry ban for UAE residence visa holders	2 weeks	Renewable. Contact ICA.
Work permits and visas	25 Mar 2020		Automatic renewal, no medical test	not specified	Labourers and service staff only?
Workers, federal government	13 Mar 2020	15 Mar 2020	Remote work system for some	2 weeks	Renewable period

Disinfection Program: Non-essential movement restricted from 8pm to 6am while public areas sanitised and disinfected. Essential activities permitted, some supermarkets and pharmacies open 24/7. No public transport operations during curfew hours (metro, bus, etc).
Remote Work System, for public sector not private sector: Applies to all ministries, authorities, and federal institutions, maximum of 30% of workforce permitted onsite at the work place, other employees required to work remotely unless requested to come to office. "Vital Sectors" exempted from 30% restriction, includes "energy, telecommunications, health, education, security, police, military, postal services, cargo, pharmaceuticals, water, food, civil aviation, airports, identity & citizenship, finance & banking, government media, and services, which include filling service stations, and construction projects in addition to any other sectors to be exempted by the government of the UAE for public interest."

UAE residence visa holders, suspension of visas from Thu 19 Mar 2020

Update 02 Apr 2020: Entry restriction renewed for another two weeks until 16 Apr 2020.
Entry restriction for UAE residence visa holders who are outside the UAE, applies from 12 noon on Thu 19 Mar 2020 for 2 weeks, renewable (announced 18 Mar 2020, WAM). The wording of the press release indicates that the visa itself is not cancelled but entry to the UAE is blocked until the restriction is lifted or unless special permission is granted.
Contact a UAE embassy or consulate abroad to assist with return to the UAE. Also contact employer if employed.
Also/or contact the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) for further information:
- Landline +971-2-3128867 or +971-2-3128865, mobile +971-50-1066099, fax +971-2-5543883, email operation@ica.gov.ae.

Tawajudi service for UAE residents

Service description given as "Request for the residents to enter the country".
Announced 21 Mar 2020. Service from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC) to assist UAE residence visa holders who are outside the UAE during emergencies such as the coronavirus situation, and want to return to the UAE.
www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/services/twajudi-resident [URL is twajudi not tawajudi] - registration page, no fees. Note that it applies only to residence visa holders. Does not apply to "residents" without a residence visa e.g. visit visa holders doing repeated visa runs.
Required information: tel number outside UAE, tel number of relative in UAE (if no relatives, try a friend's number), UAE address, occupation, Emirates ID number, type of residence visa (employment, family, student, etc), country of "residence" (a bit redundant if that means UAE so presumably means country where currently located), countries visited in previous 14 days.

Education changes in the UAE due to coronovirus

2020-04-02: Distance learning to be extended for all schools and higher education institutes until end of 2019-2020 academic year.
2020-03-22: Details of two week distance learning period announced.
2020-03-03: Early spring break announced. Public and private schools, universities and other higher education institutes will close for 4 weeks starting Sun 08 Mar 2020, with first two weeks for vacation (originally scheduled for 29 Mar to 12 Apr 2020), and following two weeks to be used for distance learning. During vacation period institutions, students and families should prepare for implementation of distance or e-learning from home. For technical support, contact the UAE MOE tel 06-7017000 or email sd@moe.gov.ae.

Covid-19 coronavirus timeline in UAE

2020-03-13: Remote work system activated for some UAE federal government employees, applicable from 15-26 Mar 2020, renewable.
2020-03-13: Elderly people in the UAE advised by MOHAP to stay home and avoid crowds. Everyone advised to wash hands properly.
2020-03-10: 15 new cases, all travellers who were quarantined and tested after entering the UAE. Total of 74 cases with 12 recoveries.
2020-03-05: UAE MOHAP said residents should not travel abroad. Possible 2 week quarantine for those returning to UAE if they do travel.
2020-03-04: 215 Arab nationals evacuated from Wuhan city, China. Two week quarantine at Emirates Humanitarian City in UAE.
2020-03-03: Early spring break for schools and universities announced, closed for 4 weeks from Sun 08 Mar 2020.
2020-03-02: Emirati citizens in Iran evacuated and quarantined in the UAE.
2020-03-01: Reports of a Covid-19 infection in an Abu Dhabi residential compound are false says the Health Department.
2020-02-28: Two Italian cyclists in Abu Dhabi infected with Covid-19, 2 week quarantine for contacts, remainder of UAE Tour cancelled.
2020-02-27: Six new coronavirus cases in the UAE reported, total of 19 cases, with five recoveries.
2020-02-24: Travel bans announced for Iran and Thailand, UAE citizens instructed not to travel to those countries.
2020-02-21: Total of 11 cases of the new coronavirus detected in the UAE, with 3 recoveries so far.
2020-01-28: UAE has no cases of the new coronavirus, precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of any detected cases.

General coronavirus FAQs

Can you trust what the WHO, the CDC, President Trump say about the coronavirus? Consider the agenda of any person or organisation before you believe what they say. President Trump is opinionated, relies on information from advisers who also have opinions, and has his own priorities and agendas, which might not be clear to anyone, even himself. Listen to Dr Anthony Fauci instead. As for the WHO and the CDC and other medical authorities, we default to accepting their higher level of knowledge and information resources unless there is a better information source offering compelling evidence to contradict what they say. Random blogs and Facebook posts do not meet that criteria. Someone like Dr Anthony Fauci does (bearing in mind what he says is could be influenced by a desire to avoid being fired by President Trump).
Is China covering up the real number of cases and deaths? Is the WHO complicit in any cover up if there is one? No, according to China and the WHO. But ... we're starting to scratch our heads more, prompting us to try to find objective information from trustworthy sources. We'll leave the link to the WHO coronavirus FAQ list for now but some of their advice conflicts with what a growing number of other authoritative sources say, and what people actually do or want to do. Cherry-picking a couple of comments from the WHO FAQs in Apr 2020 ...
- "The risk of catching COVID-19 from someone with no symptoms at all is very low." Depending on the WHO definitions of "symptoms" and "very low", seems to conflict with protocols implemented to prevent spread of virus among asymptomatic people, for example lockdowns in most countries, flights grounded, work from home directives, social distancing, quarantine and self-isolation periods for returning residents, etc.
- "Only wear a mask if you are ill with COVID-19 symptoms (especially coughing) or looking after someone who may have COVID-19." A number of countries, including the UAE, have implemented requirements for the general population to wear masks, for example when shopping, or even just venturing out in public. Professor George Fu Gao, a virologist, and Director of the Chinese CDC, also advises people to wear masks. And the US CDC "recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission."
How do you kill a virus? We're ignoring the question of whether or not a virus is alive. Just assume kill = destroy = disable = deactivate etc.
- Inside the body: antibodies, interferons, cytotoxic T cells all destroy viruses (or prevent their replication), unless the virus kills you first. Drinking external cleaning agents is too late once the virus is inside you, and likely to damage or kill you, especially if you drink household cleaning fluids or worse. More reading: British Society of Immunology.
- Outside the body: soap and water, alcohol, bleach. But don't drink bleach, and don't use it on surfaces unless you know it's safe.
Is a virus alive? Not as a cellular organism such as animals, plants, fungi, bacteria. But yes as in it has an agenda, which is to infect cells, reproduce (or replicate), and destroy the host cell.
How long does the COVID-19 virus survive on different surfaces?
- There was a study in the USA in March 2020 which has been twitted and otherwise referred to by a large number of sources since then. Original study is called "Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1". Original date appears to be 09 Mar 2020. Letter published here:
  - www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v2 (medRxiv Preprint Server for Health Sciences, 13 Mar 2020). Redirected from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217.
  - www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973 (New England Journal of Medicine, 17 Mar 2020).
- Up to several days on various surfaces according to that study, but the risk of transmission causing infection is thought to be lower than from human to human airborne or contact transmission. Lower does not equal zero but what precautions you take will depend on your risk tolerance. Gloves when shopping make sense and it is not a difficult adjustment to make. Don't do dumb things like licking toilet seats (as one Instagramer did for fame and fortune ... and apparently became COVID-19 infected). Should you walk through a bleach foot wash to clean the soles of your shoes before entering your home? Nobody that we know has studied the survivability of the coronavirus on shoe soles so our opinion is that perhaps it's possible for a virus to enter your house that way but the risk factor of transmission is so low as to become insignificant compared to other possible transmission possibilities, and if you start washing the soles of your shoes then you also need to consider so many other unlikely possibilities that a normal lifestyle (whatever that is now) becomes close to impossible.
- Of significance in the conclusion was a statement explaining why the authors thought COVID-19 virus had spread more rapidly and pervasively than SARS-CoV-1: "Our findings show that the stability of HCoV-19 and SARS-CoV-1 under the experimental circumstances tested is similar. This indicates that differences in the epidemiology of these viruses likely arise from other factors, including high viral loads in the upper respiratory tract and the potential for individuals infected with HCoV-19 to shed and transmit the virus while asymptomatic."
- From the original report charts (click on figure 1), it *looks* like (to our untrained non-medical eye) the virus viability is similar for aerosols, plastic, and steel in the first three hours. So our conclusion is that either contamination from supermarket trolleys is more probable than the authorities seem to be saying, or we have misinterpreted or misunderstood something. Then again, the study authors did say "Our results indicate that aerosol and fomite transmission of HCoV-19 are plausible, as the virus can remain viable and infectious in aerosols for multiple hours and on surfaces up to days."
- The CDC says (as of 01 Apr 2020): "It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes. This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about this virus."
- A Medline search on 28 Jan 2020 of previous coronavirus stability (not COVID-19) on different surfaces was done by several researchers at two German universities. Their conclusion was: "Human coronaviruses can remain infectious on inanimate surfaces for up to 9 days. Surface disinfection with 0.1% sodium hypochlorite [bleach] or 62–71% ethanol [alcohol] significantly reduces coronavirus infectivity on surfaces within 1 min exposure time. We expect a similar effect against the SARS-CoV-2." Original publication available at:
  - Title: Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents
  - [pdf] www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/pdf
  - www.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.01.022
  - www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195670120300463
Should you wash, clean, disinfect groceries and packages to protect against COVID-19 transmission? It depends on your risk tolerance and other preventative actions you take. The transmission risk is thought to be much lower than from other sources. If you don't wash your hands properly then you are much more likely to become infected than if you don't sanitise your groceries after shopping.
- The Wirecutter has a longer answer with several useful links to more authoritative sources.
Can You Disinfect a Car Against the Coronavirus? Yes, cars.com says spend some time cleaning and wiping, especially controls, switches, and door handles.

People

Dr Ai Fen - head of ER at Wuhan Central Hospital and COVID-19 early detector. Owns an invisibility cloak. Or MIA in Apr 2020.
Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus president, one of only a handful of brave leaders fighting COVID-19 by mostly ignoring it.
Andrew Cuomo, brother of a journalist, not the 2020 democratic presidential candidate, but ... where is Joe Biden?
Dr Anthony Fauci, the man to listen to from Whitehouse press conferences. The world hopes Trump doesn't fire him.
Boris Johnson, UK prime minister and first country leader to be infected and admitted to an ICU with COVID-19. In Apr 2020.
Daniel Ortega, MIA president of Nicaragua, where Love in the time of COVID-19 is much the same as in 2019 BC (Before Corona).
Donald Trump, US president, skilled in the art of self-promotion and medical terminology, for example the "Chinese Virus".
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmenistan president, where there is literally no "coronavirus" ... because the first rule of fight club is ...
Huang Yanling, a possible "patient 0" for the COVID-19 virus, depending on what flavor of tin foil hat you wear. MIA as of early 2020.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian president, fighting coronavirus by treating it with contempt. An unpopular strategy.
Dr Li Wenliang - whistleblower, scapegoat, hero, rumour-spreader depending on perspective. He died aged 33 from SARS-2 on 07 Feb 2020.
Dr Renato Favero - Italian physician, with Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Romaiol did the Decathlon snorkel mask ventilator conversion.
Dr Shi Zhengli, aka "Batwoman", a virologist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology with notable publications and research into SARS and bats.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO. Friend of China and Mugabe. Not a good follow-up to Dr Margaret Chan.

Coronavirus links

[To be reviewed] China, the WHO, and coronavirus

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/world-health-organization-blame-pandemic-coronavirus/609820/
www.foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/02/china-coronavirus-who-health-soft-power/
www.thehill.com/opinion/international/487851-china-and-the-whos-chief-hold-them-both-accountable-for-pandemic
www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/08/who-china-trump-coronavirus-176242
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316 - 29 Jan 2020, first 425 cases in Wuhan, timeline chart of cases Dec 2019 to Mar 2020.

Other

www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back - 13 Mar 2020, first Covid-19 infection traced back to 17 Nov 2019, but not necessarily "patient zero".
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/americans-are-paying-the-price-for-trumps-failures/609532/

Making choices

www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/polio-measles-other-diseases-set-surge-covid-19-forces-suspension-vaccination-campaigns - 09 Apr 2020: Let people die from known illnesses by not vaccinating them or risk spreading Covid-19 by continuing to vaccinate. "Measles infected an estimated 10 million and killed 140,000 in 2018" ... how many more will that be in 2020?
www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/former-fda-leaders-decry-emergency-authorization-malaria-drugs-coronavirus - 07 Apr 2020: Political vs medical choices about the chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine drugs used to treat malaria.

Fake news, myths, rumours

Don't spread fake news, myths, rumours, magical thinking, etc. What you think might be funny, sarcastic, obvious, might not be for someone else, and could potentially cost lives. Check your sources carefully before passing on information. Don't get facts and opinions confused, the world is still learning about the coronavirus.

www.snopes.com/collections/new-coronavirus-collection/ - collection of rumours, facts, claims, prophecies, conspiracy theories, ...
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/coronavirus-myths-explored

Information

CDC Covid-19 coronavirus reference section
- CDC guidelines Covid-19 cleaning and disinfection -
Disinfectants to use against SARS-CoV-2 virus - List N from the EPA (USA). Emphasis is that the list is for non-human (or non-organic) surface use. Which also means don't drink anything on the list.
reddit COVID-19 (sort by newest post), a focus on science rather than news headlines. Different from www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus which can sometimes be useful with comments to help you translate the annoying click bait headlines into something more informative.
WHO Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 Pandemic)

Graphs and charts

FT charts - tracking 7 day rolling average daily number of deaths starting from first day 3 deaths recorded. Makes for an interesting country comparison.
coronavirus.jhu.edu - Tables, graphs, map, and more. Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus COVID-19 resource center. Deaths per 100,000 people chart for worst affected countries: coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality.
www.ncov2019.live - "Coronavirus Dashboard", tabular data and map of hotspots started in Dec 2019 by Avi Schiffmann, a high school student in USA. Data sourced from CDC, WHO, other government sources, and BNO News in NL. Updates in real time.

Not reviewed or not much

www.tableau.com/covid-19-coronavirus-data-resources
science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6478/610 - 07 Feb 2020: Will novel virus go pandemic or be contained? Science Magazine
Coronavirus Daily Death Rates by Country, Reason.com (29 Mar 2020). About 20-30 people per million die every day worldwide. Coronavirus adding 14-17 deaths per day per million in Italy and Spain; 10 in New York, 3-5 in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK; 1-2 in USA and most other western EU countries. And frightening 54 deaths per million per day in the Lombardy region of Italy. Asian countries, including China, are well below 1 death per day per million.
Are Hospitals Near Me Ready for Coronavirus? Here Are Nine Different Scenarios. ProPublica article with 9 different maps graphically showing the effects of coronavirus on hospital resources with 20%, 40%, 60% infection rates over 18, 12, and 6 months.
www.healthdata.org - Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington. They say "global" health research center, but all COVID-19 data seems to be only for USA. Nevertheless, some useful charts and projections.
Coronavirus Car Care: How to Keep Your Unused Car Healthy During a Stay-at-Home Order - from USA but should apply anywhere, cars.com article.
The Atlantic coronavirus coverage, good collection of articles about coronavirus related issues.

References

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