Health & Environment

1.3 Billion People But Only 1000 COVID19 Deaths – How Did They Do It!

A senior citizen watches Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the nation on a television broadcast during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown on April 14, 2020.
GUWAHATI,INDIA – MARCH 12, 2020 – Travelers wear masks as a preventive measure against coronavirus at a Railway Station in Guwahati – PHOTOGRAPH BY Anuwar Ali Hazarika / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Anuwar Ali Hazarika/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
  • A nationwide lockdown in India’s 1.3 billion population seems to be working because of early imposition and other effective measures.
  • The blanket ban of flights seemed to have curtailed the numbers.
  • A low rate...

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The Common Target Cells Areas of COVID19 Discovered!

  • Researchers the 2 major proteins by which the novel coronavirus infects and look for their target cells.
  • Further research reveals 3 types of target cells including those in lung, intestine and nose.
  • If both the proteins are required for this infection remains unknown.
  • Reserachers also discovered that our own immune system is promoting the viral infection

According to a Science Alert article written by PETER DOCKRILL, scientists have discovered which kinds of cells in the human body may be most...

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[Answer] How To Establish A COVID19 Risk Management Plan on Ships?

As COVID19 becomes the primary concern on ships and seafarers’ life, ABS has released a detailed insight on how to establish a proper COVID19 risk mamagement framework in order to smoothly operate the ship.

Here we are highlighting that aspect to help seafarers and shippers  make a concrete plan and mitigate COVID19 risks.

What’s in the plan?

The ABS risk management plan isn’t just a basic sanitization and decontamination of  marine and offshore assets exposed to COVID-19 plan. It also focuses on...

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Understanding COVID19 Transmission & How Social Distancing Works!

A woman wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus prepares to pay ‘touchless’ with her mobile phone for vegetables at a market in Beijing on March 23, 2020. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

According to an article written by the American Society for Microbiology’s  Science Communications Specialist Ashley Hagen, that social distancing is working in stemming COVID19 transmission although the growing numbers might...

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COVID19 Lockdowns – How Epidemic Modeling Works & How It Doesn’t?

BREDA, NETHERLANDS – 2020/03/23: Paramedics move a patient on a stretcher to be transferred to another hospital due to overload amid Coronavirus outbreak.
The capacity of Brabant hospitals, including intensive care, will be insufficient in the coming week. Due to overload, approximately 500 to 700 patients will have to be taken to intensive care and other departments in hospitals outside the province, Marcel Visser reported on behalf of the Regional Consultation Acute Care Chain in Brabant in a...

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New Cruise Epicentre As A 623 Crew Cruise Ship Tackles COVID19 Outbreak!

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In a major development, more than 30 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture have tested positive for the new coronavirus, raising concern about the impact on the local community, reports Reuters.

Cluster Following Diamond Princess Pattern?

The cluster of infections found on board the Costa Atlantica follows the case of the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama two...

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US COVID19 Deaths Crosses 50,000 As the Country Starts To Reopen!

A customer wearing a face mask sits under a dryer at an empty salon in Marietta, Georgia

According to a BBC report, three US states have allowed some shops to reopen after measures imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as the country’s death toll passed 51,000.

Salons and spas could reopen in Georgia and Oklahoma while Alaska lifted restrictions on restaurants.

What is happening in the three states?

Customers visiting the newly reopened businesses in Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska will be expected to continue adhering to social distancing measures. But some cities and...

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COVID19 Reduces Ocean Noise To the Level It Was 150 Years Ago!

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The pandemic offers a temporary reprieve from the clamor of ocean noise — which can affect how whales and other species communicate, navigate and feed — and an opportunity to reflect on the consequences of human activity for marine life, says Jimmy Thomson in an article published in the Narwhal.

The former video journalist of CBC explains how the world has screeched to a halt as it grapples with COVID-19 and what it tells about COVID19 impact underwater.

An Important Time To Learn About the Oceans

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Gilead Allege ‘Inappropriate Characterizations’ of Its COVID19 Drug Trial Data!

According to a Reuters report, a closely-watched Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) experimental antiviral drug failed to help patients with severe COVID-19 in a clinical trial conducted in China, but the drugmaker said the findings were inconclusive because the study was terminated early.

Gilead shares closed down 4.3% after the data was inadvertently released and first reported by the Financial Times.

What is it?
 It comes days after another report detailed rapid recovery in fever and respiratory...

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The Woman Who Discovered The First Coronavirus!

Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that have a halo or crown-like (corona) appearance when viewed under a microscope

The woman who discovered the first human coronavirus was the daughter of a Scottish bus driver, who left school at 16, reports Steven Brocklehurst for BBC Scotland News.

About the Lady
  • June Almeida went on to become a pioneer of virus imaging, whose work has come roaring back into focus during the present pandemic.
  • Covid-19 is a new illness but it is caused by a coronavirus of the type first identified by Dr Almeida in 1964 at her laboratory in St Thomas’s Hospital in London.
  • The virologist was...

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