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A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the airThe risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced by applying all available measures to combat infection via aerosols. Here is an overview of the likelihood of infection in three everyday scenarios, based on the safety measures used and the length of exposure
7SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Genetics Reveals a Variable Infection Gradient in the Respiratory TractHou et al. present a reverse genetics system for SARS-CoV-2, which is then used to make reporter viruses to quantify the ability of patient sera and antibodies to neutralize infectious virus and to examine viral tropism along the human respiratory tract.
9Testing early, testing late: four countries’ approaches to COVID-19 testing comparedIt is by looking at data on confirmed cases alongside data on testing that we get the best view of how the outbreak has developed in different countries, and how successfully countries have responded to it. In this post, we compare the approach to testing taken over the outbreak in South Korea, Italy, UK and US.
8Nature Is Our Best Antiviral | by Enric Sala - Project SyndicateMany countries are already demonstrating how we can build stronger bonds between nature, our economy, and our health. And the Seychelles’ recent marine-protection initiative offers hope that if every country, no matter how small, does its part, the planet can be safer and more prosperous for all of us – just as nature promises.
10The secret to why some people get so sick from covid could lie in their genesSome people die from covid-19, and others who are infected don’t even show symptoms. But scientists still don’t know why. Now consumer genomics company 23andMe is going to offer free genetic tests to 10,000 people who’ve been hospitalized with the disease, hoping to turn up genetic factors that could point to an answer. While it’s…
9Scientists Warn Worse Pandemics Are on the Way if We Don’t Protect NatureWriting an article published Monday by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the authors put the responsibility for COVID-19 squarely on our shoulders."There is a single species that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic – us. As with the cl...
4China's Wuhan plans city-wide testing for coronavirus over period of 10 days: sourcesThe Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak, plans to conduct city-wide nucleic acid testing over a period of 10 days, according to an internal document seen by Reuters and two sources familiar with the situation.
1The US already has the technology to test millions of people a dayThere is widespread agreement that the only way to safely reopen the economy is through a massive increase in testing. The US needs to test millions of people per day to effectively track and then contain the covid-19 pandemic. This is a tall order. The country tested only around 210,000 people per day last week,…
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