WHO CHIEF TEDROS DISMISSES COUNTRIES CITING TRACING TO BE EXHAUSTIVE

Highlights: 

• The UK and the US amongst the countries who are failing in tracing contacts and therefore have huge outbreaks 
• Tracing is the only way to stop further spread of the virus

It will be six months on June 30 since the coronavirus o...

US: REMDESIVIR, THE ANTIVIRAL INTRAVENOUS DRUG THAT FIGHTS COVID, WILL RUN OUT IN JUNE 2020

Highlights:

• Remdesivir, the only proven drug to fight covid is running out in the US
• Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical company producing this drug has not given any clarity on the availability of the medicines stock for the summer.
• Till now this medicine ...

NEW EBOLA EPIDEMIC WAVES UP IN WEST CONGO, 4 ALREADY DEAD

Highlights

• 11th Outbreak of Ebola resurfaces in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Ebola is the second-largest spread disease

• WHO and AFRICA to work together bringing in the containment of this disease

CAN A SAFE COVID-19 VACCINE BE MADE IN 18 MONTHS? UNLIKELY

Highlights:

• Vaccines development is a process and involves a lot of trial and error testing
• Technology might have cut down on the development time but it does not guarantee a safe vaccine

When experience speaks, it is a must that we zip up and listen...

EPIDEMICS: A CAUSE OF GLOBAL CONCERN IN 2020

China reported another death due to the outbreak of a SARS-like corona virus, named 2019-nCov or Wuhan virus. This is the fourth death in China caused by the virus. As the threat of a pandemic draws near, the city of the virus's origin, Wuhan, in Central China, continues to report an inc...