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World-famous neurosurgeon dies in NYC
Dr James Goodrich successfully operating on conjoined twins from the Philippines in 2004
A doctor who separated twins conjoined at the head has died from coronavirus in the New York City hospital where he worked.
Officials across India are searching for hundreds of people who attended a religious event in capital Delhi that has set off several Covid-19 clusters.
At least six different regions have reported some 140 cases that can be directly or indirectly traced to the days-long congregation at a mosque in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area.
The latest from Europe
The flag is flying at half-mast nationwide in Italy in honour of the victims and a minute’s silence has been held. Officials are cautiously optimistic that the tight lockdown is having the hoped-for impact, after the rate of infection dropped significantly. The data for Monday showed the number of new coronavirus infections was 1,648, whereas the day before it was 3,815. However, 812 deaths were reported, compared with 756 the day before. The lockdown will now run until 12 April.
A German city – Jena in the east – has decided that citizens must wear masks in shops and on public transport. Austria has also told people to wear masks in supermarkets. As elsewhere in Europe, Germany is short of masks, and medics get priority. So in Jena citizens have been urged to start sewing their own masks. Health professionals say however that ordinary masks offer little protection against coronavirus.
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Germany’s death toll is now 600, and the average age of victims was 80, the respected Robert Koch Institute has just announced (other estimates put the toll at 650). Just 31 out of the 600 were aged under 60, Süddeutsche Zeitung reports. Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia are the worst-hit regions.
Spain’s health ministry says the death toll in the past 24 hours was 849 – a new record. The previous highest daily figure was 838 on Sunday. The total of people infected has surpassed China, where the outbreak started – it is now 94,417. There are plans to move some intensive care patients from Madrid and Catalonia – the worst-hit areas – to other parts of Spain.
In the Netherlands thieves took advantage of the lockdown to steal a Van Gogh painting from a gallery in the town of Laren. The painting, Spring Garden, is reckoned to be worth as much as 6m euros (£5.3m)
Coronavirus: UK Builds 4000 bed Nightingale Hospital London in 2 weeks
On 24 March, the government announced it would turn the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands area into a temporary hospital to cope with patients affected by Covid-19 and work began almost immediately.
Due to open this week, NHS Nightingale Hospital London will have between 4,000 and 5,000 beds.
