3, April 2020
UK nurse dies of coronavirus at hospital where she worked 0
A 36-year-old NHS nurse, who was believed to have had no underlying health issues, has died after contracting coronavirus.
Areema Nasreen died shortly after midnight on Friday in intensive care at Walsall Manor hospital in the West Midlands, where she had worked for 16 years.
Nasreen, who has three children, and was from Walsall, developed symptoms of coronavirus on 13 March, including aches, a high temperature and then a cough. She tested positive for the virus last Friday.
In a tribute posted on Facebook, her friend Rubi Aktar said: “She was the most loveliest, genuine person you could ever meet, she went above and beyond for everyone she met.
“I’m so grateful that I had the honour to call her my best friend, she saw me at my best and my worst and accepted my every flaw. I am so broken that words can’t explain.”
A relative told Birmingham Live: “The immediate family are devastated. Everyone is in shock this morning. She was always so full of life. She was devoted to her job as a nurse, she absolutely loved it.
“She passed away doing what she loved. I’m really sad for the rest of the family, she was a fantastic person.”
The mother-of-three qualified as a staff nurse in January last year and worked at the hospital’s acute medical unit.
She worked at Walsall Manor hospital from 2003, in housekeeping and as a healthcare assistant before studying to become a nurse.
(Source: The Guardian)
4, April 2020
French hospitals record deadliest day with 588 coronavirus deaths 0
French hospitals recorded their highest death toll in 24 hours with 588 new fatalities from coronavirus, the country’s chief medical adviser told a press conference on Friday, as the total toll including retirement homes rose to more than 6,500.
France’s Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, announced the figures during a daily press conference, saying a total of 5,091 people had died in French hospitals since the start of the crisis.
Giving a separate tally for nursing homes, Salomon said that a provisional count showed that at least 1,416 people had died at care homes for the elderly after contracting the virus.
French officials started releasing figures for care homes only yesterday. The huge rise in those numbers makes for a total of 6,507 lives lost to coronavirus in France, so far.
Salomon said that the number of known infections rose nationwide to 64,338 from 59,105 on Thursday. The number of patients requiring life support rose to 6,662 from 6,399.
In a televised interview on Thursday night, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe urged the French to respect the lockdown measures imposed since March 17, to ensure a levelling off of new cases of the virus.
“This is the only way for the health service to overcome the peak” of the virus, he said.
Philippe conceded that the nationwide lockdown “would probably be extended” beyond the current deadline of April 15.
With the traditional spring break approaching, Philippe sternly warned the French against considering holidays away, saying there would be checks and fines for those who violated the rules.
(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS)