Kirsten Eisbett, 30, has never been skinny. Even during the preparation for the wedding, the girl struggled to find the perfect dress in which she would look good. And when the stamp was already in the passport, the weight began to gradually increase. The husband was not ready for this and left the Australian after two years of marriage.

But the weight continued to rise, and no wonder. The girl began to seize stress at KFC. Moreover, Kirsten had to go to a psychotherapist, who only prescribed antidepressants for her. But they did not get better, and the mark on the scales reached 95 kilograms.

“I ate lunch at KFC, too tired of my job as a real estate agent to cook anything. I reheated frozen fries, chicken cutlets, or lasagne. I used to feel sluggish and tired. And suddenly left alone, I was crippled by anxiety "

-Kirsten Eisbett

Then Kirsten realized: something needs to be changed. The girl began with eating habits. Fast food has been replaced by healthy foods like vegetables, fruits and rice. Also, the Australian woman was tired of longing alone, so she and her friend enrolled in a women's sports camp, in which they developed a zeal for physical activity.

Soon, the girl began classes with a personal trainer and lost 27 kilos in a few months. Kristen didn't stop there. She continued to eat right and exercise in the gym. Now, having lost another 12 kg, the girl weighs 55 kilograms.

The COVID-19 pandemic could have killed 40 million deaths by the end of 2020 in the absence of any preventative measures, according to Imperial College London (UK).

Researchers included a number of scenarios, such as

• What would have happened if the world had not reacted to COVID-19,
• Two scenarios incorporating social distancing, which result in a single-peaked epidemic
• And several scenarios for suppressing the spread of the disease that can have the largest overall impact in terms of reducing disease and deaths. 

It is noted that ignoring all security measures would lead to a worse development of the coronavirus epidemic and infection of seven billion people. This number would be halved if the number of contacts had been reduced by 40 percent for children, young people and adults, and 60 percent for older people.

Dr Patrick Walker, an author of the report from Imperial, said: "We estimate that the world faces an unprecedented acute public health emergency in the coming weeks and months. Our findings suggest that all countries face a choice between intensive and costly measures to suppress transmission or risk health systems becoming rapidly overwhelmed. However, our results highlight that rapid, decisive and collective action now will save millions of lives in the next year" 

The study shows that poor countries will lose far more people than developed ones. A press release from the British university emphasizes that the problem of COVID-19 is common to all countries on Earth.

The modelling showed that implementing measures early on can have a dramatic impact.

If all countries were to adopt this strategy at 0.2 deaths per 100,000 population per week, 95 per cent of the deaths could be averted, saving 38.7 million lives.

However, if this strategy is adopted later (1.6 deaths per 100,000 population per week), then this figure drops to 30.7 million.

In March, Chinese experts published a study in JAMA Cardiology, which claimed that diseases of the cardiovascular system increases mortality by almost 4.5 times from coronavirus.