The COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill 2020 passed both houses of parliament on 23 April 2020. The COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (Omnibus Act) seeks to amend legislation to allow for the making of regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Like RNA viruses in general, coronaviruses (CoV) exhibit high mutation rates which, in combination with their strong tendency to recombine, enable them to overcome the host species barrier and adapt to new hosts. It is currently known that six CoV are able to infect pigs. Four of them belon...
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020 provides $2 trillion in direct financial assistance (e.g., unemployment insurance benefits of $600/week) to those eligible. It is important to note that the millions of low-wage undocumented ...
Further information on the updated Direction is set out below and also in our Treasury Direction on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: A summary of key points legal update. Any reference to the Direction in this briefing is to the updated Direction, unless ...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to plague the world. While COVID-19 is asymptomatic in most individuals, it can cause symptoms like pneumonia, ARDS (acute respir
Coronavirus and MCAT: Test-Taker Info More Getty Images Although the length of this summer's MCAT has been reduced, the content topics tested on the exam will be the same. Premedical students will be taking a shortened MCAT this summer due to COVID-19, the disease cause...
Before addressing the specific relationship between chemokines and coronavirus infections, it is mandatory to briefly overview the general role of chemokines in viral infections and how viruses contrast the actions of chemokines. Viruses are infectious agents of small size and simple composition that can...
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The trio of statisticians have repurposed their tedium and isolation to develop a web app that provides an overview of thecoronaviruspandemic in Denmark and across the globe, in a way that is more interactive than other maps and statistics. ...
Coronavirus has claimed the lives of over half a million people world-wide and this death toll continues to rise rapidly each day. In the absence of a vacc