January 2022: Global Covid News

hullexile · 10-01-2022, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by AsianXpat0:

Sorry, yes I did (mean oximeter). Think it was autocorrect on that one.

Yes I have an oximeter, 93% which is normal for me.

MABinPengChau · 11-01-2022, 03:14 PM

China locks down another city...good times...

https://us.yahoo.com/news/china-lock...045703303.html

hullexile · 11-01-2022, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by MABinPengChau:

China locks down another city...good times...

https://us.yahoo.com/news/china-lock...045703303.html

There will be pressure on Carrie to do the same if it takes off in Hong Kong.

hullexile · 11-01-2022, 03:41 PM

As a sign of how many people are isolating at home here in the Philippines, the pharmacies have run out of paracetamol and other flu medicines.

60% of sequenced tests are now omicron and giving the time taken to sequence and the speed it is spreading that figure must be much higher by now.

Gatts · 11-01-2022, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by hullexile:

I think I have caught covid. Runny nose, slight sore throat, cough. If I was healthy it would be nothing, but it is just another level of feeling shit on top of feeling shit already. The last thing you want when breathing is difficult is a blocked nose and chesty cough. Isolated, two youngest have gone to stay with relatives, the eldest is still here but she works from home and stays in her room. Of course I must have caught it from one of them anyway almost certainly my wife.

Wishing you a swift recovery Hull!

bdw · 11-01-2022, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by hullexile:

As a sign of how many people are isolating at home here in the Philippines, the pharmacies have run out of paracetamol and other flu medicines.

Same here in Aus

https://www.news.com.au/world/corona...2a36fe6a4ca405

hullexile · 11-01-2022, 03:54 PM

Health care workers in the Philippines who have been in contact with a possible covid case now have no quarantine.

Health care workers who have been in contact with a confirmed case now have 5 days quarantine reduced from 10.

hullexile · 11-01-2022, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Gatts:

Wishing you a swift recovery Hull!

Worse this morning but stabilized this afternoon. Hoping this is the worst of it. Drinking plenty of water but that makes the abdominal edema worse. Luckily I have my own ensuite.