Human death toll Volcano Location Year Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ (regarded as having caused the Year Without a Summer, creating famines and epidemics across the Northern Hemisphere) : Mount Tambora: Indonesia: 1815: 36,000+ Most of these deaths were not attributed to the eruption itself, but to the tsunami generated by it. The optimists are now looking past the dead and to a bright future brought forth by the inoculating jab. In February 2020, the UK Government gave some rather relaxed advice to the health care and nursing home sector: face masks did not need to be worn by staff; visits could still take place, there being ‘no need to do anything differently in any care setting at present’. Such an assessment comes rather close to exculpatory praise. But we need your help. It is infecting more people. There was a lockdown there, and there's another one at the moment. Estimated death toll Earthquake magnitude Additional information; 1: Shaanxi, China: 1556: 830,000: 8: More than 97 counties in China were affected. IA punches above its weight. There's no doubt about it! At the moment, it's younger people who are affected. PLEASE DONATE NOW! The death toll from Harvey has risen to at least 3 as hundreds of water rescues are underway across the area. In 2018, the proportion of adults who were obese was 28%.’. Rich people can stay at home. Support independent journalism Subscribe to IA. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer described the death toll as a “national tragedy” which had not been helped by a government being consistently “behind the curve” of the crisis. Italy's doctors warn of 'catastrophic' situation as coronavirus death toll rises 345 to 2,503 - but infections see their slowest rate of increase yet of 12.6% to 31,506 Politicians are poorly positioned to encourage us to get the COVID-19 vaccine, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark. ... "The situation is catastrophic," President Jocelerme Privert told The Miami Herald. Legal notice | It seems clear that some mutations are more infectious. As an infectiologist on the front line, I'm very dispirited. The central government has already said that there will not be a lockdown. [ Learn more ]. Take the city of Araraquara, for example. “...the courage of countless working people – not just our amazing NHS and care workers, but shop workers, transport staff, pharmacists, teachers, police, armed forces emergency services and many others – who kept our country going during our biggest crisis since the Second World War.”. Obesity, identified as a clinical vulnerability to COVID-19, has been rising in Britain. Have you noticed more poor people getting ill? Another issue that needs to be discussed is: How will the central government make sure that people do not go hungry? Independent Australia is a progressive journal focusing on politics, democracy, the environment, Australian history and Australian identity. Why the death toll has been so high in Britain can also be put down to other factors. Now that there's a doctor at the head of the Health Ministry, is there more hope? This is of little surprise, given the Prime Minister’s buffoonish stumbling and indifference to the dangers posed by COVID-19. It is not prioritizing what it should, and that's very sobering. Whether that means that the development of the illness is worse is hard to say for now. In some counties it's estimated that up to 60% of the population died. Not only was the new variant identified in London and the South East spreading at a greater speed, but it also appeared to “be associated with a higher degree of mortality”. The death toll from the flash floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Seroja rises by the hour as rescuers search for bodies washed to sea and as emergency crews reach villages that have been cut off in … They have to go to work to survive. We simply can't get our work done. Death toll estimates range from 100,000 to about 160,000 to Haitian government figures from 220,000 to 316,000, although these latter figures are a matter of some dispute. This is very worrying. All that was left for the Prime Minister to do was put on a brave face that the vaccines remained “effective both against the old variant and this new variant”. The wealthier one is, the safer one is. Hospital beds are now overflowing, oxygen supplies have dwindled, vaccination centers have run out of doses and pharmacies are unable … That, at least, is the view of such commentators as the London-based staff writer of The Atlantic, Tom McTague: ‘Even as Britain’s death tally eclipses, more than 6.5 million vaccinations have been administered than Germany or France.’. All three lockdowns were applied once the horse had bolted. Confused messaging and inscrutable directions became the order of the day. A feeling that stoic Britain could weather the viral storm and prevail with confidence was cultivated. They can afford it. One could thank the available Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, ‘the most cost-effective and easiest to use of the inoculations approved so far, which was developed in Britain in part because of early and heavy government backing’. Who are the patients being admitted to hospitals at the moment? In such a case, there would be a complete collapse. The number of infections surpassed 17 million in recent days, and the official death toll now exceeds 190,000. It's not going to happen; it already is happening. They should be vaccinating people! So, the virus has mutated and is more contagious. This has been talked about so many times. To keep us speaking truth to power, please consider donating to IA today - even a dollar will make a huge difference - or subscribe and receive all the benefits of membership. DW: Is the pandemic out of control in Brazil? The majority is between 30 and 70. You can follow Dr Kampmark on Twitter @BKampmark. What are you most in need of in the ICUs? But we know that in such posts, political commitments are more important than a person's expertise. The poor can't. At Fiocruz Hospital we have been filled to capacity for over a month, sometimes over. Death toll rises to 264 in Haiti, bringing the total death toll from the storm to 270. And they've just brought the death toll down to zero. The test-and-trace system deployed by the National Health Service proved to be less exemplary than was first thought. Join the IA newsletter for regular updates on our latest news stories. Vaccine roll-out programs are coming unstuck because of the lack of a full spectrum of experts providing advice to governments in many countries. With vaccines, we could alter the situation. According to some small studies, this mutation spreads faster. Experts also say the case and death toll is likely to be vastly higher than official figures. Yes, that's true for all infectious diseases. The death toll could peak at more than 13,000 a day -- more than four times the current daily death toll, the predictions show. At a press conference four days later, Johnson claimed to be “sorry” in making the announcement that the death toll in Britain had reached 100,000. They don't want to hear about COVID anymore. Gaza death toll rises to 140 A Palestinian man was killed in an air raid that hit Bureij refugee camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip, according to Wafa news agency. I hope that he won't become a puppet of individual political interests. In some counties it's estimated that up to 60% of the population died. The Government’s scientific advisers found in September that the system was having little impact on rates of transmission due to “relatively low levels of engagement with [it] coupled with testing delays and likely poor rates of adherence” to self-isolation guidelines. They have more endurance, that's one way of putting it That means they remain in intensive care for longer. Recall that this is the model that fueled the alarmist rush to shut everything down last March, all to avert a 2.2 million death toll that would presumably peak around June. His latest assignment took him to Brazil, a country which has been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. What could the central government do for you? But we are definitely seeing too much strain on our entire health system, from private hospitals to state hospitals. The Doña Paz was en route from Catbalogan, on Samar Island, Philippines, to Manila when, while it was in the Tablas Strait, between the islands of Mindoro and Tablas, it collided with a small oil tanker, the Vector, which was carrying 8,800 barrels of petroleum products. Send Facebook Twitter reddit EMail Facebook Messenger Web Whatsapp Web Telegram linkedin. Patrick Cockburn on the whitewashing of the catastrophic war Catastrophic Death Toll in US-Saudi War on Yemen Has Been Grossly Downplayed In May 2020, the official message had changed from “stay home, protect the NHS, save lives” to “stay alert, control the virus, save lives”. Are people staying in intensive care for longer now? This is also true of other areas — for physiotherapists, carers and all other areas. That shows very clearly the role that the vaccines are playing in the pandemic. The dead, however, will remain stark reminders to a monumental failure of public health policy. The situation is very serious. CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky signaled on Friday that the agency will consider revising its death toll after reviewing a University of Washington report estimated there have been 905K fatalities. He predicts that the death toll will worsen before vaccines start to bring about improvement. Vaccines won't stop people from catching COVID-19 but they will stop so many people from getting it at the same time. To keep us speaking truth to power, please consider donating to IA today - even a dollar will make a huge difference - or subscribe and receive all the benefits of membership. Catastrophic cyclone and floods strike Indonesia and East Timor. It contains news and opinion from Australia and around the world. But many doctors can't get used to working in intensive care. Catastrophic flooding is ongoing in the Houston metro area. On 22 January, Prime Minister Boris Johnson did little to reassure citizens with his Grim Reaper forecast. But many of those working in the health sector are simply tired after such a long time. At the start of 2020, 3.9 million people had been diagnosed as having the condition, an increase of 100,000 from the previous year. It's very dramatic indeed. Estimated death toll Earthquake magnitude Additional information; 1: Shaanxi, China: 1556: 830,000: 8: More than 97 counties in China were affected. Support IA. So many of my colleagues are giving up their jobs as doctors. Many are no longer working in intensive care. Contact | Mobile version. And a lockdown also means fewer people walking around. But Yemen's actual death toll is 70,000 to 80,000. In New South Wales alone, more than 1,500 homes have been lost. News reports suggest that 10.7 million hectares of land have burned so far, an area nearly the size of England. A 520-mile wide area destroyed. Bolsonaro should be doing more to fight poverty, Sufiate says. Baghdad (AP) -- The death toll from a massive fire at a Baghdad hospital for coronavirus patients rose to at least 82 Sunday as anxious families searched for … Keep ‘em honest. A sense of his outlook on restrictions containing rates of infection could already be gathered in a speech delivered on 3 February 2020. Death toll in Indonesia and Timor-Leste from catastrophic floods rises to 157 Dozens are still missing and thousands have been left homeless after … Obesity, identified as a clinical vulnerability to COVID-19, has been rising in Britain. Hospitals in Brazil are massively over-stretched. Such statements of desperation have invigorated the critics. Some scientists are predicting a higher death toll. Prominent government advisers such as the now-departed Dominic Cummings, who flouted coronavirus restrictions on the grounds that he needed his eyesight tested, suggested that public health rules could be broken with little consequence. It does help, and it's a useful instrument. "The Death Toll Is Catastrophic. According to Banaji’s estimates, India’s death toll is likely to be at least three times higher than official figures. Is that going to happen? I would say that we can expect a high death toll for two or three more months. ‘This has been a catastrophic failure’: Ashish Jha reacts to U.S. surpassing 500,000 dead from COVID-19 “I don’t think I could have imagined a year ago that we would be at 500,000.” Before an assembled audience in the Painted Hall at Greenwich, Johnson trumpeted the virtues of free trade and railed against the “bizarre autarkic rhetoric” that had arisen in response to “new diseases such as coronavirus”. After a year of model-driven lockdowns, we may also look back to the original March 16, 2020 report to see yet another failure of its predictive ability. The UK and Johnson’s government, in particular, might have botched the management of the pandemic and coping with the spread of infection, but they have an escape plan. That's making a huge difference. © Copyright 2021 Independent Australia - All rights reserved. The death toll in Brazil has been rising relentlessly, reaching 4,250 on April 8 – the highest number of daily fatalities from the disease on Earth. Diabetes has also shown itself to be on the rise, an unwelcome addition to comorbidity. The death toll is rising (23 at last count), and dozens are still missing. It was ‘very unlikely that people receiving care in a care home... will become infected’. New patients are only admitted to intensive care units when others are discharged or die. If he can actually do his work, then yes. We Must Bow To Their Wishes. 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Whether this is due to the mutation is not yet clear. © 2021 Deutsche Welle | In recording 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, Britain became the fifth country to pass six figures during a pandemic characterised by appalling governance, mismanagement and incompetence. Activists say 45 people were killed in fresh government air strikes on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll there since Sunday to nearly 300. We're most in need of personnel for intensive care. Japan earthquake and tsunami, severe natural disaster that occurred in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, and killed at least 20,000 people. The politicians encourage them to leave the house and expose themselves to the virus, with the result that they, too, are getting ill. An infectious diseases specialist in Rio de Janeiro says the situation in Brazil's hospitals is catastrophic. Brazil's health system has long since collapsed, says doctor An infectious diseases specialist in Rio de Janeiro says the situation in Brazil's hospitals is … Support IA. To compound matters, a new strain of the novel coronavirus known as B117 was detected in September, found to be 70% more transmissible. The death toll in Haiti has risen by 10 to 31 and eight people are missing, the country's civil protection service said. There are over 20 million Brazilians below the poverty line. Such catastrophic losses are attributed to loess cave settlements, which collapsed as a result. Do you think that a lockdown would be appropriate? If I were to isolate an age group, I would say the 40 to 60-year-olds. One year since the beginning of the pandemic, we still lack qualified staff. We need more funds. The country faced shortages of protective equipment for health care workers, often due to tardy responses from the UK health department to offers of supply. Italy has been among the worst hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with more than 31,000 cases confirmed so far and the entire country on lockdown. Being behind the curve has been an unfortunate specialty of the Johnson Government. More than 6,000 homes were flooded in the country. Older people have already been vaccinated. Death toll in Indonesia, East Timor catastrophic flood surges past 160 06 Apr 2021 Villagers carry the body of a victim after flash floods in Lembata, East Flores, on Monday. All the funds and all the political will should be going towards a mass vaccination program. So, in terms of statistics, there are more people falling gravely ill. Are you a pessimist or and optimist? 'Catastrophe' in Beirut: Death toll rises, 200,000 homeless as blast leaves city in disarray. We just can't let 700 people die because they were on the waiting list for an ICU bed. Help us sharpen our knuckledusters. Keep ‘em honest. He even rashly claimed in March last year that the “tide of this disease” could be turned in a matter of weeks, boasting that it was possible to “send coronavirus packing in this country, but only if we all take the steps we have outlined”. There haven't been enough studies. I refuse, in April 2021, 14 months after the pandemic began, to explain to people that a lockdown would help. Over half of the fatalities have been recorded since November in a lethal second wave. They're the ones who are most affected and being hospitalized. We use cookies to improve our service for you. David Sufiate: It's hard to say what out of control means in the context of a pandemic. Its healthcare infrastructure is at breaking point and an oxygen supply shortage is compounding the death toll. The younger patients have greater reserves and it takes longer for their organs to fail. The collapse happened a long time ago. I can only hope that the new health minister will have the freedom to advocate what has to be advocated. According to a recent report from the Lifestyles Team at NHS Digital: ‘Obesity prevalence increased steeply between 1993 and around 2000, with a slower rate of increase after that. Britain may have been abysmal on pandemic protections and management but it will excel in terms of vaccinations. 2 The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which relate to the United Kingdom or Ireland, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as … IA is dedicated to providing fearless, independent journalism, free for all, with no barriers. 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Italy Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline. The death toll could rise further, with the Indonesian disaster management agency reporting that more than 70 people still missing. Privacy Policy | Photographer Jonathan Alpeyrie has traveled to crisis and conflict-riddled regions around the world. Recently, 4,100 people died in one day! Why the death toll has been so high in Britain can also be put down to other factors. At Fiocruz we can carry out sequencing. Death Toll: 4,375 The Doña Paz was a passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker Vector on December 20, 1987. As somebody on the front line, are you seeing a lack of government support? Such catastrophic losses are attributed to loess cave settlements, which collapsed as a result. We need YOU! The scene was set for failure. 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