scholarly journals Urgent Prevention of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Chinese Eating and Mask-Wearing Cultures

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Kang Cheng ◽  
Vivien Cheng ◽  
Yang Zou ◽  
Changhua Zou
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Infection Risk ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
National People ◽  
China Today ◽  
Droplet Transmission

Chinese people have a very good mask-wearing culture; it is normal to wear masks to protect their faces from wind and pollution. Thus, they easily accept the wearing of masks to prevent infectious diseases, as seen with the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China today. However, Chinese people have a dangerous eating culture: they share foods or soups from the same bowls and pots using their personal chopsticks/spoons and emphasize loud talking when eating at banquets or at homes. We think this eating culture has raised the infection risk of COVID-19 from person to person by contamination. Therefore, in this paper, we propose models to elucidate how people are infected with COVID-19 through droplet transmission when eating with Chinese cultural context to address the urgent need to change Chinese eating culture; we believe these study models can help not only the Chinese people, but also other national people, to raise mindfulness of public health, prevent COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, at the present pandemic and in the future.

scholarly journals Genomic variation and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 importation and early circulation in Israel

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0243265
Author(s):  
Neta S. Zuckerman ◽  
Efrat Bucris ◽  
Yaron Drori ◽  
Oran Erster ◽  
Danit Sofer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Genomic Variation ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Acute Respiratory Disease ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Whole Genomes

Severe acute respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which causes corona virus disease (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has since led to a global pandemic. Importations of SARS-CoV-2 to Israel in late February from multiple countries initiated a rapid outbreak across the country. In this study, SARS-CoV-2 whole genomes were sequenced from 59 imported samples with a recorded country of importation and 101 early circulating samples in February to mid-March 2020 and analyzed to infer clades and mutational patterns with additional sequences identified Israel available in public databases. Recorded importations in February to mid-March, mostly from Europe, led to multiple transmissions in all districts in Israel. Although all SARS-CoV-2 defined clades were imported, clade 20C became the dominating clade in the circulating samples. Identification of novel, frequently altered mutated positions correlating with clade-defining positions provide data for surveillance of this evolving pandemic and spread of specific clades of this virus. SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread and mutate in Israel and across the globe. With economy and travel resuming, surveillance of clades and accumulating mutations is crucial for understanding its evolution and spread patterns and may aid in decision making concerning public health issues.

scholarly journals A revolutionary step; Role of Qatar`s central hubs in managing the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-32
Author(s):  
Z Habib ◽  
◽  
Y Hafeez ◽  
Imen Mbarek ◽  
M Ul Haque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
The State ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The World

WHO declared Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a public health emergency on the 30th of January 2020. Soon afterward, COVID-19 cases started to emerge from all parts of the world. The state of Qatar was extremely vigilant from the very outset. Special measures were introduced immediately to restrict the influx of people from high-risk countries such as China and Iran. The Ministry of public health (MOPH), Qatar started preparing for an impending pandemic in the meantime. The first cluster of COVID-19 positive cases was declared on March the 11th 2019. A total of 238 cases were declared positive on this day. It raised the alarm to roll over all those preparations on the ground into practice

scholarly journals Epidemiological features of Corona Virus Disease 2019 in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 02038
Author(s):  
Ting Wang ◽  
Qiuxin Wang ◽  
Jinwen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Cure Rate ◽  
Central Cities ◽  
Epidemiological Features ◽  
Corona Virus

As a public health emergency with strong infectious, corona virus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan,Hubei in December 2019 has attracted worldwide concern. The epidemiological features of COVID- 19 in China at the early stage are examined. The spread of COVID-19 has reached a peak in China. The epidemic situation is very severe, especially in the regions or central cities closely linked with Wuhan. The increase in cure rate of COVID-19 also predicts a reduction in the risk of fatality.

COVID – 19 and Gravid Mothers

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 1171-1174
Author(s):  
Shruti Sadavarte ◽  
Bhagyashri Vijay Chaudhari
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Fetal Distress ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Perinatal Transmission ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Health Organization

Human history is observing a very horrible and strange situation fighting a very small enemy. The Novel COVID-19 corona virus. On 11 feb 2020 world health organization has declared a name for covid disorder and has said covid as a global public health diease and also as a pandemic due to its worldwide spread. It started as an outbreak in december with its birth place in wuhan people of china has came out as a global public health exigency of worldwide trouble. Corona virus are the group of virus with non segmented, single stranded and positive sence RNA genome. In this narrative review article, reference was taken from different article published in various database. Maximum article including the information of pregnancy and covid-19 were reviewed. A review of 11article with world health organization site information it is found that the symptoms of corona virus disease in non-pregnant occurred indistinguishable to that of gravid mother. There is no information regarding perinatal transmission in parturiency. It has been disclosed that corona virus can cause distress in gravid mother, miscarriage and also fetal distress. In general due to lack of relevant information regarding the effect of corona virus disease on gravidity it is obligatory to have more and more studies in this area.

scholarly journals Exploring the Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on World Prisons: An Overview of Global Responses and Future Implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-15
Author(s):  
Madhumita Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

While governments and international organizations continue their fight against the 2019 Corona virus disease, it is important to not overlook those in prisons and detention centres around the world, currently deprived of their liberty and rights, as they are likely to be more vulnerable to this outbreak than the general population. Given the nature of confinement, prisoners live in close proximity with each other for prolonged periods of time which often acts as a source for amplifying and spreading infectious diseases. With this in mind, the aim of this article is to present an overview of the impact of Corona virus pandemic on world prisons and the subsequent global responses to combat this unprecedented crisis. The article concludes with implications for mental health of prisoners and deliberates on decarceration as a way forward.

scholarly journals The scientific approach to defeating Covid-19 disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-111
Author(s):  
Adamson Muula
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Global Response ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Scientific Approach

Many of us have heard and said that the best approach to defeating the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-Cov2) and novel Corona virus disease of 2019 (Covid-19) is to let public health and science guide the response. Others have invoked both public health and science.. They have said that public health or science should drive the (national or global) response.

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