Dr. Umaru's Blog on Health & Development

It's been more than 6 months since the outbreak of the coronavirus and the declaration of COVID-19 as the global public health issue. As of today, more and more countries and states are struggling to respond to the rising scale of the pandemic. In the United States, states are opening their economies because of lower COVID-19 numbers reported. However, as of today June 28, 2020, states like Florida, Texas, and Mississipi are slowing down their opening because of increasing infection of COVID-19. This is by no means to say the pandemic is at its peak in these states but to respond to suddenly increased infections.  This situation shows that collective responses are needed across states in order to achieve universal control. Blood collection tubes Whereas developed countries like the United States are focusing on responding to the pandemic with minimum disruption of services in other disease areas, the same cannot be said of developing countries with burdened or weak health sys...

Welcome back to my blog and thank you for your time and patience. I know you have a lot of choices of what to read and where to seek information, but your choice of reading my blog is one of the most important uses of your time. Thank you! COVID-19 By now, you have heard of the global pandemic of COVID-19 that has taken more than 100,000 lives in the United States as of today June 10, 2020, with 7.3M confirmed cases globally. You have also been affected by the continuing lockdown and restriction of things that you will normally be doing in your daily lives. You now have a "new normal" that you have to deal with. You have been asked to "stay home" and do not go out if you are not an essential worker or if you are not going for groceries. So, for this reason, you have heard of and you are affected by COVID-19. You may not have been exposed or even infected with the disease, but events around you have gotten you to ask questions on "what is COVID-19?" How ...