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1 day ago · Due to its remoteness and sparse population, Antarctica was the last continent to have confirmed cases of COVID-19 and was one of the last regions of the world affected directly by the pandemic. The first cases were reported in December 2020, almost a year after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in China. At least 36 people are ...
3 days ago · The vertical axis is plotted in arbitrary units, in order to easily compare the shapes of the curves. As you can see from the countries which have been successful in fighting COVID-19, it only takes about 5-7 weeks of strong interventions to get rid of the majority of cases. The data show that taking half-measures does not work.
4 days ago · COVID-19 rapidly emerged as a leading cause of death, ranking as the third highest cause of mortality globally in 2020 and the second in 2021. Nearly 13 million lives were lost during this period. The latest estimates reveal that except in the African and Western Pacific regions, COVID-19 was among the top five causes of deaths, notably ...
1 day ago · The World Health Organization is kicking off its annual meeting on Monday and government ministers and other top envoys are looking to reinforce global preparedness for, and responses to the next pandemic in the devastating and deadly wake of COVID-19.
1 day ago · This observation underscores that not all COVID-19 features exhibit equally high correlations with spatial features, likely due to time lag issues from COVID-19 reporting, vaccines, or the COVID-19 incubation period. In fact, during our data plot and correlation analysis, we detected a time lag of one to two weeks.
4 days ago · World Health Statistics 2024 report urges countries to redouble efforts towards health-related SDGs by 2030. Geneva, May 24, 2024 — The latest edition of the World Health Statistics released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trend of steady gain in life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy at birth (HALE).
5 days ago · SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is contagious in humans and is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Latest Research and Reviews
