Blog Day 309 - Saturday 30 January 2021

I see that the EU has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for use adding it to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines now able to be used in most countries, if they can get it.  However, the lord giveth and the lord taketh away.  The EU has now imposed export bans on the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines preventing these companies providing their vaccines to countries outside of the EU until such time as the EU country's requirements have been met.

The EU has exempted 120 countries from this ban, Australia and the UK did not make the list of exempted countries.  I understand that the exempted countries are mainly poorer 3rd world countries.

I see that Serbia, amongst other vaccines, is also using a vaccine called 'Sputnik V'.  Although that might be a good name for a spaceship, is it a good name for a corona virus vaccine?  If Sputnik V becomes available in Australia I wonder how long the queues would be for that one.

Fortunately, given it might be a while before a vaccine is available in Australia I can report that Victoria has now recorded 24 days without a local transmission, 13 days in NSW and 19 days in Qld.  Who needs their cruddy vaccine anyway?

There were three new cases reported Australia wide in the last 24 hours, one in Victoria and 2 in NSW, all ROTs.  

This was as a result of 13,700 tests in Victoria, 10,500 in NSW and nearly 6,200 in Qld.

There are 74 active cases Australia wide, 23 in Victoria, all ROTs, 26 in NSW plus 41 ROTs and 6 in Qld all Rots.

It is good to see the hospitalisation numbers continuing to drop with only 13 currently in hospital due to the virus.  This is down from 20 the day before and down from 48 on 16/1.  None of these 13 are in hospital in Victoria and there are none in ICU.

Worldwide the daily numbers seem to have stabilised with apparently only day to day fluctuations.  In the last 24 hours there were 575,000 new infections and 14,900 deaths.  

In the US they reported 165,000 new infections in the last 24 hours, although this is 12,000 higher than the previous day the overall trend for new infections is gradually downwards.  The US reported 3,900 deaths in the last 24 hours and overall this figure appears to be stabilising.  Hopefully the downward trend in the new infections will eventually translate into a meaningful reduction in the daily number of deaths.

In the UK they reported 28,800 new infections in the last 24 hours and apart from daily fluctuations the daily trend in new infections in the UK is strongly down.  The UK reported 1,200 deaths in the last 24 hours and again these figures appear to be stabilising after significant increases in the death rate in early January.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Day 30 – New Year 2021 – Covid Normal (as much as possible)

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
01/01	28,421	13	20,376	8	909	820	21	0	0	0
02/01	28,441	13	20,388	12	909	820	19	0	0	0
03/01	28,483	14	20,391	3	909	820	26	0	0	0
04/01	28,499	16	20,395	4	909	820	30	0	0	0
05/01	28,518	14	20,399	4	909	820	26	0	0	0
06/01	28,533	10	20,402	3	909	820	36	0	0	0
07/01	28,544	8	20,402	0	909	820	35	0	0	0
08/01	28,658	21	20,403	1	909	820	40	0	0	0
09/01	28,582	12	20,404	1	909	820	40	0	0	0
10/01	28,595	13	20,410	6	909	820	41	0	0	0
11/01	28,611	16	20,411	1	909	820	47	0	1	0
12/01	28,633	19	20,411	0	909	820	43	0	1	0
13/01	28,647	13	20,414	3	909	820	45	0	1	0
14/01	28,658	8	20,414	0	909	820	47	0	1	0
15/01	28,665	7	20,414	2	909	820	47	0	1	0
16/01	28,689	20	20,417	3	909	820	48	0	1	0
17/01	28,707	18	20,424	7	909	820	47	0	2	0
18/01	28,721	13	20,428	4	909	820	36	0	2	0
19/01	28,730	9	20,432	4	909	820	33	0	1	0
20/01	28,740	10	20,433	3	909	820	32	0	1	0
21/01	28,747	7	20,433	1	909	820	33	0	1	0
22/01	28,753	5	20,434	1	909	820	34	0	1	0
23/01	28,760	5	20,437	3	909	820	32	0	0	0
24/01	28,765	4	20,437	1	909	820	26	0	0	0
25/01	28,777	11	20,442	6	909	820	26	0	0	0
26/01	28,779	3	20,443	1	909	820	26	0	0	0
27/01	28,785	5	20,445	2	909	820	23	0	0	0
28/01	28,793	7	20,447	3	909	820	21	0	0	0
29/01	28,799	5	20,448	1	909	820	20	0	0	0
30/01	28,803	3	20,448	1	909	820	13	0	0	0
31/01

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
01/01	83,771,040	1,448,870	1,824,387	28,095
02/01	84,342,947	571,907	1,834,255	9,868
03/01	84,984,546	641,599	1,843,112	8,857
04/01	85,489,462	504,916	1,850,209	7,097
05/01	86,041,606	552,144	1,859,179	8,970
06/01	86,834,551	792,945	1,875,519	16,340
07/01	87,619,457	784,906	1,889,556	14,037
08/01	88,495,963	876,506	1,906,630	17,074
09/01	89,331,906	835,943	1,921,160	14,530
10/01	90,077,029	745,123	1,934,801	13,641
11/01	90,662,902	585,873	1,942,390	7,589
12/01	91,298,922	636,020	1,952,020	9,729
13/01	91,983,757	684,835	1,968,523	16,503
14/01	92,747,904	764,147	1,985,405	16,882
15/01	93,507,781	759,877	2,001,209	15,804
16/01	94,282,394	774,613	2,016,604	15,395
17/01	94,949,414	667,020	2,030,914	14,310
18/01	95,479,062	529,648	2,039,601	8,687
19/01	96,005,763	526,701	2,049,238	9,637
20/01	96,621,459	615,696	2,065,624	16,386
21/01	97,279,743	658,284	2,081,541	15,917
22/01	98,032,303	752,560	2,097,737	16,196
23/01	98,736,967	704,664	2,116,159	18,422
24/01	99,293,021	556,054	2,128,702	12,543
25/01	99,755,652	462,631	2,138,343	9,641
26/01	100,280,252	524,600	2,149,387	11,044
27/01	100,798,715	518,463	2,164,678	15,291
28/01	101,378,169	579,854	2,181,545	16,867
29/01	102,002,513	624,344	2,199,092	17,547
30/01	102,577,521	575,008	2,214,032	14,940
31/01

Covid Safe Summer Reminders;

Remember; stay safe and sober for the new year, I know I will be; no hugging and kissing strangers on new years eve!; don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things; as the captain of the Graf Spee said "you have to be bigger than anything faster and faster than anything bigger"; to wear your mask indoors (again); if you have a tickle in your throat, get tested (again); to add Brissie to your list of places to avoid; at a 1st birthday party be first in line for the fairy bread; try not to spend too much at Bunnings; bowls is the only game where the players are allowed to have a bias; if you see a big hole, take a photo; vote 1 Trump in four years time; brighten up your day by patting a puppy; don't start lining up for your jab yet; if it is 40 degrees where you are keep up your fluid intake, I know that I will be; if you venture outdoors take your umbrella; maybe avoid the Sputnik V vaccine.