You told me that social interaction is a want, not a need. Well, yes. So is good food. In truth, social isolation kills. As reported in aSeptember 2020 review articlepublished inCell, loneliness “may be the most potent threat to survival and longevity.” The article explains how social ...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vast differences in approaches to the control and containment of coronavirus across the world and has demonstrated the varied success of such approaches in minimizing the transmission of coronavirus. Whil
Note: If even one crew is tested COVID-positive, on the vessel are immediately implemented the following emergencysafety rules. All staff-crew are transferred from their cabins (usually with double-quad occupancy) to passenger staterooms (cabins located on decks above the crew deck) and accommoda...
Prime Minister Modi also urged the people to follow social distancing. He emphasized there is no vaccine or cure for the pandemic as yet. The virus has exploded in the countries that ignored the need for social distancing and isolation. On the other hand, those who practiced the two fundament...
The performance of the deep learning approach relies on training data to build the simulation model rather than a pre-defined mathematical model, which avoids unrealistic artificial hypotheses and rules affecting the model's performance [18]. In this study, we propose an increment learning Recurrent...
Several studies describe the positive impact of telehealth, which may reduce the impact of social isolation [18,19,20]. Negro et al. (2020) describes a structured intervention by video-calls in ICUs for patients and their family members [21]. Initiating communication between patients and close...
Isolation wards and temporary medical establishments should keep separate colour-coded, foot-operated bins for segregation of biomedical waste, including COVID-19 waste, as per the provisions laid down in the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules 2016. - Dedicated bins labelled as ‘COVID-19 Waste’...
As the COVID-19 pandemic became a reality in Western countries in the beginning of March 2020, strict national policies regarding public behavior were implemented in countries throughout the world, including Europe, America, and Australia. In conjunction with hygiene rules, social distancing became ...
A new normal is necessary to limit its spread [4] and people are often living in isolation according to quarantine rules [5,6]. Many patients with pre-existing chronic illnesses such as heart failure (HF) suffer restricted access to routine medical care, and may thus risk acute clinical ...
Researchers and engineers at the University of Melbourne also worked to develop isolation hoods, low-cost ventilators, reusable N95 masks, and COVID-19 testing swabs (with the help of 3D printing). Professor David Grayden commented: ‘It’s clear that these innovations are something hospitals ...