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,…
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…
Face masks are at its highest demand in times of virus outbreaks like SARS, MERS-CoV, H1N1, and now, the rapidly spreading Novel Coronavirus a.k.a. nCoV. Everyone is encouraged to wear a surgical mask to help prevent the spreading of the virus, but does face mask really works? Says the New York Times, cheap…
