Covid-19

China has successfully developed recombination vaccines for the new coronavirus, and has begun clinical trials on March 16, CCTV News reported today.

As of March 12, 2020, 125,048 people worldwide have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection (Covid-19) with a mortality rate of approximately 3.7%, much higher than the mortality rate of less than 1% from influenza.

On March 17, Microsoft announced on Twitter that for the safety of customers and employees, they are closing all global Microsoft Store locations, effective immediately.

A new study published in the journal Science tracked the spread of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in China in January this year and concluded that 86% of early infections were not recorded.

Can the new coronavirus spread through the eye and conjunctiva? On March 14, local time, bioRxiv, a bioscience preprinted platform, published a new study on this topic titled “Rhesus macaques can be effectively infected with S 1 ARS-CoV-2 via ocular conjunctival route.”

Since last week, the famous American movie star Tom Hanks, who has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus pneumonia, has been receiving treatment in an Australian hospital.

People with blood type A are more likely to be infected with the new coronavirus, and the relative risk of blood type O is lower. This is the latest study on new coronaviruses jointly conducted by eight research institutes in China.

With the spread of coronavirus and growing fear, people have taken a lot of precautions to prevent infection. At the same time, many untrustworthy rumors have emerged, and WHO has busted them.

On March 16, the masks and testing reagents donated to Belgium and Italy by Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation have arrived at the Liege Airport eWTP (World Electronic Trading Platform) hub.

With China's mask production capacity rising sharply, future exports to other countries in need are also inevitable.