Gallery | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | June 05, 2020| Dave Fornell, Editor

Image Gallery Showing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Russian interventional cardiologist Alexey Pankov in full PPE for a cath lab procedure in Moscow.

Russian interventional cardiologist Alexey Pankov in full personal protective equipment (PPE) for a cath lab procedure in Moscow. He said he is missing his goggles, which he took off just before the photo. With not knowing for which emergency heart attack patients are COVID-19 positive, the cath teams need to wear full PPE.

This photo gallery is designed to show the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) on both healthcare and society world wide. The images are from DAIC staff members, submitted from readers on social media, and shared from press releases, hospitals and government public relations sources. This page will be updated regularly with new photos.

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A radiologist in Hospital do Câncer de Pernambuco, located in Recife, Brazil, is examining a chest X-ray image using Lunit Insight CXR. The artificial intelligence software can auto detect and identify in heat map colors areas of the image the radiologist would look at at to confirm a diagnosis. Lunit' AI solution for chest X-ray analysis is now being used and tested in more than 10 countries for COVID-19 management, providing assistance in chest X-ray interpretation during patient triage and monitoring.

A new, serious COVID-19 cardiovascular presentation emerged in late April and early May 2020 in the form of pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, which includes features similar to Kawasaki disease. It was first reported in the United Kingdom and then cases began to appear in New York City and elsewhere in the United States. The CDC is calling the new presentation in kids multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) Read the article "Kawasaki-like Inflammatory Disease Affects Children With

Children have been affected by the virus with school and preschool cancellations, playgrounds, zoos and other activies being closed and cancelled due to containment efforts. Here 4-year-old Katherine Fornell from Elgin, Illinois, is aware of the virus and its impact personally on life. She drew a picture of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on her sketch pad. #COVID19

Vetsark, Nigeria’s leading digital solutions company for agriculture and health systems, donated critical personal protective equipment (PPE) to residents of Ajegunle Community in Lagos state in late May, 2020. This as part of its COVID-19 risk communication and prevention strategy, to help Lagos state combat COVID-19 pandemic. The items donated included facemasks, gloves and soap. The donation drive, which lasted for about eight weeks, targeted mostly underprivileged residents, local market women, security

While daycare centers have reopened in most areas after being shut down in some U.S. states due to the COVID outbreak, many have reopened, but with new precautions. Here a 4-year-old in Elgin, Illinois wears a facemask has part of the requirements for attending preschool. Katherine Fornell

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) image of coronavirus (COVID-19) attached to a host cell.

Millions of patients with chronic conditions that require regular doctor visits, and those with non-COVID-19 related issues like the flu, food poisoning, and other reasons patients seek medical attention. Telehealth has not been widespread because there is no reimbursement for its use, while in person visits are reimbursed. However, COVID-19 containment efforts immediately changed this and opened telehealth to all patients. Medicare authorized use of telemedicine visits for all in March.

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) virus as seen under a microscope in an image released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). #COVID19 #SARScov22

A patient having their temperature taken to check for elevated temps from the virus at Henry Ford Hospital. Photo by Henry Ford Hospital

In the era of COVID-19, full personal protective equipment (PPE) has become common place in many emergency departments (ED) across the world. Here a clinician takes a patient's temperature with a non-contact thermometer. In many hospitals, this is the first process before anyone can enter the hospital building. Getty Images

A thank you note for clinicians as they enter a key card access door at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. That health system has been in the middle of one of the COVID-19 hotspots in the U.S. and has had more than 800 employees diagnosed with the virus as of mid-April 2020. Photo by Henry Ford Hospital.

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) image of two coronaviruses (COVID-19) from high-powered microscopy.

Coronavirus swab test kits being sorted in the clinical lab at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The hospital ramped up its capability in March so it could run more than 1,000 COVID-19 tests per day. Photo by Henry Ford Hospital

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) virus illustration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). #COVID19 #SARScov22

$Wearing facemasks for patients and staff at hospitals, clinics and medical offices has become universal in April 2020 in efforts to prevent the spread of the virus. Nearly all medical nonessential medical exams and procedures have bee postponed until the numbers of COVID-19 cases start a steady decline. Medical facilities are only seeing a fraction of their regular, non-COVID-19 patient loads, and only then if the exam or procedure is considered essential in the management of their care. Getty Images$