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If you follow the supercomputing and quantum computing space, this will interest you.
On March 4, 2015, a team of researchers led by Jian-Wei Pan at the University of Science and Technology of China has just announced the development of their most powerful quantum processor until now - Zuchongzhi 3.0. This brings China at par with the best quantum computing tech that’s available today.
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BREAKING: 08.12.2020
90 year old Margaret Keenan of UK becomes the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer - BioNTech COVID19 vaccine, or any COVID19 vaccine, outside of trials.
The humans have prevailed, finally.
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India Vaccine update: Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla says Oxford COVID19 vaccine should be available for healthcare workers & elderly people by Feb 2021 and by April 2021 for general public. It will be priced at a maximum of Rs 1,000 for two necessary doses - PTI
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BREAKING: India’s biotech giant Serum Institute to price the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine at a very affordable $3 per dose for India and lower middle income nations across the world.
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Moderna and NIH have started the largest, 30,000 volunteer COVID19 vaccine trial in the United States. Moderna aims to price coronavirus vaccine at $50-$60 per course. The proposed price would apply to the United States and other high-income countries.
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Oxford vaccine Phase 1 data to be published on Lancet on Monday.
Early reports indicate that the candidate vaccine developed by Dr Sarah Gilbert offers 'double protection' from COVID19 by recruiting both antibodies (short term immunity) and Killer T-cells (long term immunity).
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JUST IN: Spain to make wearing face masks mandatory until coronavirus is defeated
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According to an article published by Ackermann et al. in NEJM, the lungs of COVID19 patients show severe endothelial injury associated with the presence of intracellular virus and disrupted cell membranes with histological evidence of widespread thrombosis and microangiopathy.
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June 3, a global pandemic watch of BRIMUS
The LONG plateau in US cases
More than 65 days at 20,000 new case/d average
A (?) worrisome sign:
The uptick in US deaths
On a daily, rolling average basis Brazil leads both now
Russia, Mexico and India: no sign of flattening or descent
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June Dalziel Almeida, a Scottish virologist, was the first to discover and capture electron microscopic images of the Coronavirus at the Ontario Cancer Institute in 1960. Her electron microscopy skills were unmatched and continue to be discussed in academic circles to this day.
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The novel coronavirus can infect organs throughout the body, including lungs, throat, heart, liver, brain, kidneys and the intestines, researchers have reported cnn.it/2WDNj2o
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Do you know the symptoms of #COVID19?
➡️ Sore throat
➡️ Dry cough
➡️ Fever
➡️ Shortness of breath
If you have these symptoms or are feeling unwell, please inform your national health authorities and follow official guidelines. For more info:
afro.who.int/
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Early results from Oxford vaccine trials on rhesus monkeys suggest only partial protection from COVID19:
🔹All animals got infected
🔹Neutralising antibody titres low
🔹Half of the monkeys developed clinical symptoms
🔹Lungs showed interstitial pneumonia
forbes.com/sites/williamhase…
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Substantial probability that even normal speaking causes airborne virus transmission of SARS-COV-2 in confined environments, like indoors.
Those using small offices are well advised to move to open and well ventilated areas.
pnas.org/content/early/2020/…
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Vaccine Research: Donald Trump institutes "Operation Warp Speed".
The goal is to make 100 million doses by November, 200 million by Dec & 300 million by Jan 2021.
Moncef Slaoui, ex-head of GSK's vaccines division and four-star Army General Gustavo Perna will oversee the ops.
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Ravi Sharma was doubled over when his dad found him. He couldn’t move the right side of his body, and could only grunt in his dad’s direction.
The 27-year-old EMT was having a stroke.
Doctors have reported a flurry of cases in Covid-19 patients. nyti.ms/2z0z7HH
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An Ohio father who went to Washington, D.C., to work as a nurse treating coronavirus patients is now on a ventilator and battling the disease himself. nbcnews.to/2Wz2vhp
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Doctors in Italy have become the latest to raise the alarm over a worrying spike in children getting sick with a rare but serious inflammatory syndrome they say is tied to the coronavirus pandemic. cnn.it/3fKzGWK