Tag: COVID-19
More Evidence on How Blood Types Influence COVID19!
Research shows differences in a gene that influences a person’s blood type can affect a person’s susceptibility to Covid-19, says an article published in...
Coronavirus Pandemic: Revisiting the Current ‘Social Distancing’ Norms!
More than four lac people have died worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic as the cases continue to rise dramatically.
The outbreak has hammered...
COVID-19 Has Enabled Shipping Industry To Work Remotely
COVID-19 pandemic represents an opportunity to change the way we work in the future.
Classification societies making a major push to carry out...
Demand for Global Bunker Fuel Set To Drop by 5% –...
Global bunker fuel demand is likely to fall by 5%-10% year on year in 2020.
Major bunkering hubs witnessed bunker fuel sales rise...
WHO Urges Governments To Be on Guard As COVID-19 Rises
WHO has urged countries to press on with efforts to contain the novel coronavirus.
WHO noted that the pandemic was worsening globally.
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Oil Storage At Sea Declines After Ease in Global Lockdowns
Global lockdown measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak are eased.
A glut of crude oil and products stored in tankers at sea will...
Asymptomatic Cases of COVID-19 Transmission Is Rare, Says WHO
It is rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a second individual.
Contact tracing of asymptomatic cases found rare secondary transmission.
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Tracing the Origins: Scientists Conclude SARS-CoV-2 is ‘Man-Made!’
Norwegian and British vaccine scientists say that SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is man-made.
SARS-CoV-2 has a receptor binding domain...
A Novel UVC-LED Technology To Render SARS-CoV-2 Inactive!
A newly discovered material that conducts electricity and is transparent to UV light could have a use in portable devices for killing SARS-CoV-2.
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Corona Orientalism: Lessons from the East About the ‘Second Wave!’
Asia was the first place to experience the coronavirus, impose lockdowns and then emerge from them.
It was also the first to experience...