Covid-19

Recently, Professor Junichiro Inoue and others at the University of Tokyo Medical Institute issued a statement stating that the drug "namonostam", which is mainly used to treat acute pancreatitis, has the effect of preventing a new type of coronavirus from entering human cells.

A new issue of Science published by a German researcher said that they had decoded the three-dimensional structure of a new coronavirus's main protease, and based on this, developed a compound that can block the function of the protease, which is expected to be used in research and development. Drugs that can effectively inhibit new coronavirus.

Jack Ma announced on Twitter this afternoon that he would donate medical supplies to 10 Asian countries including Pakistan.

Google said on Saturday it launched a United States-focused website with information about coronavirus guidance and testing.

A new coronavirus vaccine developed in China has been injected into humans. There are 3 groups of volunteers with each group having 36 people. They will be observed in isolation for 14 days after injection, according to the Science and Technology Daily.

A study of more than 44,000 patients with the new coronavirus in China revealed a disturbing fact that men are more likely to die from diseases associated with the infection. This may be related to smoking.

Chinese communications equipment giant Huawei Technologies recently announced that it will donate 500,000 masks to Japanese hospitals, according to the Asahi Shimbun.

"The sky is falling. I"m not afraid to say it," wrote Cornelia Griggs in an open letter to the New York Times. The opinion piece published this morning paints a grim picture for medical personnel that are fighting tirelessly to combat Covid-19.

On March 18, an article entitled " People with blood type A more prone to coronavirus, study finds" aroused widespread concern. However, some experts disagree.

Sponsored and funded by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation, the "Handbook of Covid-19 Prevention and Treatment" written by dozens of medical staff who have just returned from the front line of "anti-epidemic" was released on March 18.