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Tuesday 15 September 2020
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Books – Sayed Metwally
After the new Corona virus has become a threat to the whole world about 9 months ago its appearance, all of us are looking forward to knowing what happens every minute, in light of the tremendous development that Covid-19 has brought in our lives.
Within this framework, Masrawy provides a daily service that includes displaying everything you want to know about the latest developments in the emerging corona virus, from the emergence of new symptoms or the occurrence of a different mutation, as well as the development of vaccines and drugs, in brief.
First trial of an “antibody cocktail”
According to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, Oxford University scientists are carrying out the first major trial of treatment with a “antibody cocktail” specially designed on hospital patients to see if it treats corona.
According to the medical team, the treatment is called REGN-COV2, produced by the American biotechnology company Regeneron, and it will be the first treatment intended for patients with Covid-19, to enter a major trial.
REGN-COV2 is manufactured using antibodies, which are disease-fighting substances naturally produced by the immune system, found in genetically modified mice and in actual Corona patients who have recovered from the disease, and scientists hope that the treatment will give patients the ability to resist the disease like survivors, and 2000 people will be given , At least in as many as 176 hospitals in the UK, treatment is part of the trial, which will compare their recovery with people receiving the same care but without the medication.
When the Corona vaccine will be made available to the public
According to the British “dailymail” newspaper, the British government’s scientific advisor, Professor Peter Openshaw, warned that the Coronavirus vaccine may not be ready for the public until next winter, which means a nine-month delay in the “increase” of production.
Professor Peter Openshaw, from Imperial College London, confirmed that the vaccine may not be available to the public until at least September 2021, expecting a nine-month gap between the discovery of the vaccine and its availability to the public.
The first symptom determines if you have “Corona”, a cold or flu
When you have a cold, allergy only, or just Corona virus, how can you distinguish between them? This is what researchers from the University of South Carolina answered, as they identified a distinct arrangement of symptoms in patients with “Covid-19” – fever followed by a cough, according to “Russia Today”.
In summary, the first symptoms of each disease can be summarized as follows:
Corona: fever.
Flu: cough.
Cold (common cold): sore throat.
Allergies: Itchy eyes, sneezing and runny nose, all at once.
And the CDC identified the main differences in the emergence of symptoms of “Covid-19” and influenza.
What may limit the spread of Corona virus infection
Researchers said that more quiet, indoor high-risk areas, such as hospitals and restaurants, could help reduce the risk of coronavirus infection.
The research team explained, in an advance copy of a detailed paper on the study, that in efforts to limit transmission, reducing average levels of speech and speaking by 6 dB could have the effect of doubling the room’s own ventilation, according to the “Russia Today” website.
“The results indicate that public health authorities should consider implementing” quiet zone “measures in high-risk indoor environments, such as hospital waiting rooms or dining facilities,” the six researchers from the University of California, Davis wrote.
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