WORLD POLICE SUMMIT 2023
March 07 – 09, in Dubai World Trade Centre
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MENA HSE Forum 2022
7th Edition of MENA HSE Forum | 6 -7 September | Grosvenor House Dubai, UAE
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Humanitarian Aid DIHAD 2022
DIHAD Exhibition provides a great opportunity to network and showcases the Humanitarian Aid and Development community, your latest technologies, and innovations making a difference to those in need.
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NCT MIDDLE EAST 2022
Over two days, NCT Middle East provides a platform for discussion on how the military, civil services, and first responders can prepare for current and future challenges in the region, while also providing attendees with in-depth knowledge in all aspects of CBRNe defense. Experts from around the world share their knowledge and offer thought-provoking insights…
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ARAB HEALTH 2022
Arab Health connects communities to help build a sustainable future for the planet. During the whole course of the event, visitors learned about the latest sustainable initiatives and innovations in the healthcare industry and take part in sustainable efforts, such as the blood donation area available to everyone. Arab Health brings the healthcare world together…
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Intersec the leading and most important global emergency services, security and safety event marked its return with a great impact for business and professionals alike.
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Our 2021 TOP 3 Customer-Picks
Follow us! Eyewash Eyewash solutions are a critical part of workplace safety measures. Employees and employers – regardless of industry – must have an irrigation solution to quickly treat eye injury to help recovery or avoid worsening it. Our eyewash solutions from St. John Ambulance and Reliance Medical provide a wide range of selection; from…
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Driving Safely in the UAE Fog
Follow us! Road accidents happen quite often in the UAE which is heightened by the foggy weather which is experienced yearly – most commonly during the winter season. This is because, as explained by Dr. Diana Francis, head of the Environmental and Geophysical Sciences (ENGEOS) Lab at Khalifa University, the fog that forms over the UAE…
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How To Treat Animal Bites
Follow us! Rabies is a viral disease transmitted from mammals to humans that causes an acute encephalitis. There are two clinical manifestations of rabies: furious and paralytic. Furious rabies is the most common form of human rabies. Once symptoms of the disease develop, either form is almost always fatal. Rabies is transmitted through mucosal exposure…
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How Much Sodium Is Bad for Your Heart?
Follow us! What you need to know about Sodium Sodium or table salt is an important part of almost every meal as it makes food tastier. Aside from this, the consumption of table salt also impacts the body’s optimal health as it contains iodine, which is an essential nutrient. NOTE: Unprocessed sea salt does not…
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Don’t Go Blind: Prevent Eye Injury at Work
Follow us! Eye injury is one of the most common injuries in the workplace. It usually happens among workers at small-scale industrial enterprises. Eye injury can be mild and serious as lost of eyesight. Eye injury can be prevented with proper safety equipment. However, this contradicts the number of eye injuries being reported. In the…
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Prevent Head Injury at Work
Follow us! When you are working at a construction site and some of your colleagues are working up top of a 10 or 20 storey building, what comes into your mind? Most probably you have already felt these two things; One, you feel anxious about these men’s safety. What if one of them fall? Second,…
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Back To School Safety and Emergency Must-Have
Follow us! Being prepared during an emergency means that you are equipped to prevent the occurrence of an emergency, respond to emergencies, and even help recover after the emergency has happened. Schools or universities must always have an emergency preparedness plan in place and an emergency response team to ensure the safety of its students…
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Self First Aid: How to Save Yourself When You are Alone
Follow us! During emergencies, time is important. You can lose too much blood, run our of breath, and worst without prompt first aid treatment. But what if you are alone and there is no one to help you? Here are the common first aid treatment dos to help you survive life-threatening situations. CHOKING…
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ARASCA 14 Years Anniversary: Our Milestones and Learnings to Share
Follow us! OUR MILESTONES 2007 ARASCA was Built 07.07.07 marked the beginning of ARASCA, as the sole distributor for the Philips FRx Automated External Defibrillator (AED). ARASCA has a small office with a small but dedicated team. 2008 Product Growth With hard work in building brand awareness, ARASCA was able to enlarge its product…
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AED Frequently Asked Questions
Follow us! What is the difference of sudden cardiac arrest from a heart attack? Sudden cardiac arrest The heart stops beating which is a result of an electrical problem in the heart that causes the victim to pass out. This may be caused by various reasons and may happen to even young and healthy athletic…
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Common Mistakes When Administering CPR
Follow us! CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is one of the most essential and critical part of saving a person’s life. Most people who know the basics of administering CPR are giving 100-120 chest compressions per minute with 2 rescue breaths every after 30 compressions. However, it is not enough to just ‘know’ CPR because these mistakes…
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The Use of Different Colors of Gloves
Follow us! Colors play an important role in our daily lives. When deciding which glove you need for your workplace or a certain task, knowing the benefits of each color can make a great impact to strengthening the protection that your gloves can provide you. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING DIFFERENT COLORED GLOVES?…
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Don’t Get Wrist Injury: Do These Workout Habits
Follow us! Working out is a great way to lose weight, strengthen your cardio, build muscles, improve your blood flow, and more. However, accomplishing your daily workout plan is not the only thing you should be focusing on while you’re at the gym. You must also make sure that you are keeping your wrists’ well-being…
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Bring your surgical mask to the next level!
Follow us! Wearing a disposable surgical mask is the most recommended mask to protect the general public against COVID-19 transmission. However, surgical masks have a little problem when it comes to leakage. Reducing the risk of leakage is very important to ensure that you and the people around you are well protected from the respiratory…
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How to Treat and Prevent Common Injuries for Babies and Kids
Follow us! Looking after infants and toddlers can be very challenging because it requires lots of attention. Mainly because parents, specifically moms, know that tons of hazards are present – anywhere even at home – which can put their little ones at risk any time of day as they are so vulnerable. In fact, each…
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Health and Safety Preparedness During the Hot Weather
Follow us! When summer arrives, people often get thrilled because summer is a great time to do outdoor activities with family and friends. However, summertime is also when the weather’s temperature is at its peak. Hence, heat-related illnesses and accidents commonly occur. In this blog, we will help you prepare for your health and safety…
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How to Be Ready for the Next Crises and Emergencies to Come
Follow us! COVID19 has thought people many things – value your health, build a strong connection with the ones you love, follow your local authorities, be precautious, become more resilient, plan your budget well, and a lot more. That is why the pandemic is the best example why you need to be prepared even…
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Vitamin D Reduces COVID19 Risk Study Says
Follow us! Vitamin D is a vitamin that comes from sun exposure, food, and food supplements. It is an essential vitamin the body needs to be able to absorb calcium to the bones and teeth that promote growth and remodeling. Other benefits of vitamin D are: It lowers the risk for heart disease It boosts…
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COVID19 & Heart Disease: Are the Rumors Right?
Follow us! Heart disease is the number one cause of death of men and women in the US and many other countries including the UAE (source). This health issue has been a global challenge most especially now that people with risk of heart disease – people with diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity – are more vulnerable than ever because…
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On-Trend First Aid Kits You’d Love to Have In Your Home and Workplace
Follow us! First aid kits or first aid boxes are the most common emergency preparedness equipment that is seen anywhere, most especially in the workplace and other places that presents a safety hazard. These kits are designed to be as accessible as possible and each tool inside is strategically picked to aid multiple types of…
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Being Physically Active Is NOT ENOUGH To Prevent Heart Disease
Follow us! A healthy heart is one of the most important ways to live a long life. On the contrary, poor heart health can lead to tons of health risks, making heart disease the leading cause of death in many countries. It is commonly known that eating right and staying physically active are some of…
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The New Required Public Face Mask: Is It Right?
Follow us! Face masks have been used globally to protect against the COVID19 transmission. With the continuous extreme demand for face masks, different styles of many kinds have been introduced for enhanced comfort, look, and protection. However, does the level of demand reflects how people’s protection is enhanced? A huge chunk of masks being…
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What To Expect After Your First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
Follow us! On 25th January, the UAE reached 2.57 million vaccinated residents making UAE in the top 5 list of countries with the most vaccines administered together with China and the USA. If you have or haven’t booked a Covid19 vaccine appointment, here are some helpful details on what to expect after taking the vaccine.…
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Can You Handle These?: The Unconventional Emergency Escapes and Evacuation
Follow us! During emergencies, time is the most crucial factor that affects survival. Another challenging factor that emergency responders have to deal alongside that is where the emergency took place, for an instance, a high-rise building – an emergency setting where up to hundreds of people can get trapped and injured in just a couple of…
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Top 3 Most Common Workplace Hazards That YOU PROBABLY IGNORE
Follow us! Construction sites, warehouses, and factories are some of the high-risk environments to work in. No wonder why these places have the most warning and safety signs. But what about the office? Yes, it is considered as the safest work environment but did you know that it is also a place where most IGNORED HAZARDS are found? …
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Essential Emergency Equipment You Must Have in Your Office
Follow us! The workplace is where everyone spends half of their day; and is also the place where fire, explosion, weather events, power failure, hazardous chemical release, and other types of emergencies might occur. The level of preparation that is being put to prepare your home for these emergencies must be twice as much as…
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Our Proudest Work Yet: Helping Dubai Become the Heart-Safest City
Follow us! In 2017, Dubai Health Authority announced their strategy in making Dubai The Heart-Safest City – a project that aims to increase the survival rate of Out-Of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) from 5-10% to 65% by the year 2020. To do this, DHA needs to ensure that an OHCA patient receives medical help in just 4 minutes because every minute…
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Most Essential Ambulance Equipment
Follow us! Photo by freepik.com Emergency medical responders are called out for different kinds of emergency scenarios. Therefore, an EMS must be equipped with a wide range of equipment and devices so they can properly provide emergency care. Here is the list of essential equipment mostly seen in an ambulance: ECG Monitor and Defibrillator An ECG monitor tracks the…
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An Alternative for Handwash That Kills Coronavirus in 30 Seconds
Follow us! Good hand hygiene is the best way to stop viral infections from spreading. Says the World Health Organization (WHO), frequent handwashing is still the leading preventive measure together with social distancing that everybody must practice to avoid getting infected with the Sars-CoV-2. Today, the rise of the production of sanitizers and disinfectants is at its peak due to the pandemic. However, most of these hand sanitizing liquids…
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What Are the Different Types of Emergency Stretchers?
Follow us! The emergency stretcher is a medical equipment that is used to immobilize and safely carry an injured individual or patient to the ambulance – it could be a helicopter, plane, boat, or land vehicle – or to the location of the medical treatment facility. Stretchers are used in different emergency situations, such as search and rescue, ambulance, and more. It is a crucial part of…
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Latest Qualification To Be Considered a COVID19 Close Contact
Follow us! Image credit: freepik.com As the world improves in adapting to the COVID19 pandemic, researchers are able to dig deeper into how the virus can spread. By getting a better information about the factors that may cause an individual from being infected, we can enhance the prevention protocols and thus reducing the number of cases. Another crucial way that government authorities strictly implements to prevent the virus’ spread is tracing the contact of a person who…
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The DOs and DON’Ts of Using Earplugs
Follow us! Earplugs are an essential part of keeping employees safe from the risk of hearing injuries. These tiny noise blockers have also been the go-to of many to get a good sleep. Even though earplugs provide safety and peace, it could also do the opposite when it is improperly used which may lead to serious infection and other side effects. The…
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Avoid Premature Death by Just Sitting Less
Follow us! How long does a normal person sit daily? Experts say that an average individual sits for a total of 10 hours per day which increases when a person gets older. This amount of sitting period is associated with work and common leisure activities outdoor and at home, such as watching TV, playing video games, checking social media accounts, eating, drinking, etc. …
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Five Most Common and Uncommon Causes of House Fires
Follow us! MOST COMMON SOURCES OF HOUSE FIRES Electrical Short Circuits Wirings and anything that uses electricity may cause a fire when it is poorly taken care of – appliances left turned on for a long period of time, outlets are overloaded with plugs, devices are not installed properly, wires are loose or left under heavy objects. Avoid these by making sure to: Unplug devices/appliances when not in…
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Do Eyeglasses Give Extra Protection as What Face Shields Do For The Eyes?
Follow us! COVID19 is known to enter the nose, mouth, and eyes. Therefore, people wear face masks, goggles, and face shields to protect these main entry points of the virus. But not all these protective equipment should be used by anyone because it would depend on how high your exposure risk is. For the general public, wearing a face mask, practicing social distancing, and frequent handwashing are the three most…
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Tips to Help Your Kids Adjust During the COVID-19 School Year
Follow us! After 5 long months, schools in 59 out of 105 countries have finally reopened or have planned to do soon. Though this may be exciting for children, most parents are now even more anxious about how to make sure their children get the proper learning while staying safe in an out-of-home setting during the COVID-19 pandemic. To give parents more time to adjust, most schools, like in…
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Five Lifestyle Changes that will Add 10 Years to Your Life
Follow us! Poor diet, obesity, and smoking are some of the main causes of life-threatening diseases. The good news is, a person’s lifestyle can be controlled and changed which will give you not only a life with lesser risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer but also have an additional 7-10 years to live! Here are the five long-term habits that you need to…
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Major DOs and DON’Ts for Common First Aid Cases
Follow us! First aid is very known to almost anyone. However, most of the time, first aid procedures are done wrong because of a lack of knowledge or proper training. In this blog, we are giving you a list of the major dos and don’ts for the most experienced first aid cases which you can keep in mind and will be a great help anywhere you…
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What to Avoid When Using an AED
Follow us! The Automated External Defibrillator is proven to save thousands from sudden cardiac arrest – when the heart experiences an electrical malfunction that causes it to stop beating that results in immediate loss of consciousness. AEDs are designed so rescuers can use it fast without too much training with its smart and simple user interface. But one crucial thing that untrained individuals (bystanders) should know before using an…
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How to Safely Evacuate an Injured Person
Follow us! During life-threatening emergencies, knowing how to evacuate an injured person is crucial because there are some instances where waiting for professionals to evacuate the patient out of a very harmful location could increase the risk of death. Therefore, in this guide, we are giving you know-how in transferring a casualty to a safe location until the first responders arrive. Doing the following techniques must be done with absolute care and calmness because a mishandling may result…
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AED on Women: Should bras be removed?
Follow us! In most countries that allow bystanders to interfere during an emergency situation, according to the American Heart Association (AHA) journal, Circulation, women are still less likely to receive bystander CPR than men mainly because of the fear of being accused of sexual assault due to inappropriate touching of the women’s breast. The same stigma applies to the use of Automated…
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Most Important Characteristics of Safety Signs
Follow us! Safety signs are important to communicate to the people around a certain location what danger or hazards are present, what are the prohibited and mandatory actions or object to avoid these hazards, and where is the location of a certain object or place that promotes protection and safety such as the fire exit, fire extinguisher, and first aid kit. Here are some important…
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Major Reasons Why People Hesitate to Take Action During Emergencies
Follow us! A bystander is a common name given to a person who is present or nearby during an emergency. These people are the ones giving an immediate response to the patient whether or not the person has proper training. It is easy to say that you are ready to help when you see someone…
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Explosion Emergency Preparedness
Follow us! Blast and explosion is one of the most fatal types of injury due to severe organ and body parts damage, bleeding, burns, and bone fracture. Explosions may be accidental or intentional, but either way, none of them are expected to happen. This is why you need to familiarize yourself with how serious…
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The 4 Phases of Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine
Follow us! In creating medical drugs, a meticulous observation is done to study its safety and effectivity to a certain group of test subjects. This process is commonly known as clinical trial/research which takes place after the candidate vaccine showed a progressive response to the immune system of non-human subjects. As for the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Trauma Kit Vs. First Aid Kit: Know The Difference
Follow us! Different levels of injuries call for different types of first aid treatment to avoid discomfort or death. In this guide, we will differentiate the two most common types of emergency response kits to give you an idea on which to look for when you encounter a case of injury. Both trauma and first-aid…
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How Bad Posture Affects Your Productivity
Posture is defined as the way a person holds their body when standing, sitting, or lying down. Bad posture is developed when a certain habit or activity pattern causes a person’s body to rest in a bad position that becomes the second nature of their body. Daily habits that lead to poor posture: Lifting heavy objects and backpacks at work, during exercise,…
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Respirator and Surgical Mask: Know Their Difference
Follow us! Here is our guide to people who are having confusion on which mask really suit their needs. Surgical or medical mask Surgical masks are used to protect the wearer and the non-wearer against droplets, splashes, bodily fluids, and other hazardous fluids. It serves as a barrier against respiratory fluids such as spit and mucous that can be emitted through talking, couching, and…
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Latex, Nitrile, or Vinyl: Which is the best gloves for you?
Follow us! Gloves are now essential more than ever due to the harmful bacteria, viral outbreak, and hazardous chemicals that we are exposed to every day. But do you really know what type of gloves provides the protection you need? Here we laid down the important information one must know to effectively choose a glove. Latex Gloves Material: Made from natural rubber …
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What Is An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) ?
Follow us! An AED (Automated External Defibrillator) is a light portable device that is used to deliver a quick electric shock to a person’s chest through the heart during a sudden cardiac arrest to help the heart restore its normal rhythm. Defibrillation Is the treatment given to the heart that is suffering from an irregular heart rhythm that is mostly caused by ventricular fibrillation –…
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Does This On-Trend Breathing Exercise Work Against COVID19?
On the 3rd April 2020, a breathing exercise was demonstrated by Dr Sarfaraz Munshi, an urgent care lead at Queen’s Hospital in London, through a video uploaded on Youtube. The breathing technique was intended to help coronavirus patients reduce the chance of contracting secondary infections/pneumonia with these simple steps: Take a deep breath and hold it for 5…
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Top 3 Injuries In The Workplace
Being familiar with injuries that might take place at work gives you a step ahead when it comes to its prevention, but being aware of how to avoid it from happening is a few miles ahead. Here are the most common workplace injuries and how to avoid them.1. Overexertion Is when a person puts…
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The Must-Haves of a Standard First Aid Kit
Follow us! Today, different variants of first aid kits have become available in the market where each kit is made to treat a specific type of injury – sprains and strains, burns, eye irritation, and minor wounds. There are also first aid kits made especially for injuries happening in a particular setting, such as…
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Is Your AED Still Rescue-Ready?
Get fresh updates! FOLLOW US. Know why and when to replace your AED. In the US, sudden cardiac arrest kills 475,000 American each year; that is more than lung cancer, breast cancer, and HIV/AIDS combined (American Heart Association). This is why automated external defibrillator (AED) is so important because it can save thousands of lives.…
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Summer Season’s Most Common First Aid Cases
Get fresh updates. FOLLOW US! Hot weather causes serious and minor emergencies for kids and adults. Same as the winter season, high temperature also affects human activities – more often to go swimming, spend time outdoors, and many more – as well as our body behavior and health. During each season, different cases of first…
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How UAE weather affects the Spread of Covid19
As the summer finally entered the UAE, movement in public and traffic became lenient which had caused many to hope that covid19 transmission to slow down along with the cold weather. Many supporting research has concluded that a rise in temperature results in significant changes in the level of Covid19 transmission. In China, a…
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What to do when you feel sick during the COVID-19 outbreak?
Since the outbreak of 2019 Coronavirus, a simple cough, or colds, or sneeze can be very alarming to most people. This is caused by the panic from the symptoms of COVID-19 that spreads quicker than what we’ve expected it to be. Therefore, in this situation, we must be aware of the proper measures to take when…
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