Articles by Vinay B.S.

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Statistics in time of Coronavirus: How do you make sense of a data avalanche?

Each country has its own degree of errors based on political and medical infrastructure, and hence comparing numbers between countries would not be objective.

Apr 13, 2020

Coronavirus

South Korea CDC official claims there's no return to the world as we knew before Coronavirus outbreak

South Korea CDC director said that there was no return to the world before COVID-19 and social distancing has to be the new reality

Apr 12, 2020

Coronavirus

Coronavirus like viruses can be exposed when there is high rate of flu shots given

Higher vaccination rates for influenza can help tracing out new viruses like the novel coronavirus, if this was done before it could have raised alarm about COVID-19 early

Apr 12, 2020

Coronavirus

NEW FACT? Reason for coronavirus lethality is heart problem not lungs, says Italian doctor

Dr. Sandro Giannini says, the cause of severity in coronavirus patients were due to cardiovascular problem and not respiratory. Ventilation wouldn't be useful in such cases

Apr 11, 2020

Coronavirus

Singaporean hacked to death with cleaver in 'staring incident'

Crime rate dips across US with the increase in Coronavirus cases

Crime rates across US' most violent cities saw a drop in crime rate as burglars have less opportunities as people stay home. The trend was seen in many other places too

Apr 11, 2020

Coronavirus

Massive Krakatau volcano explodes in Indonesia amid Coronavirus crisis; is the eruption dangerous?

Anak Krakatau's volcano spewed an ash column of 9 miles into the sky, people from Jakarta, 90 miles away heard the volcano with lava flow and heavy ash rain within 2 km radius

Apr 11, 2020

Coronavirus

Severe storm and lighting hit southern United States amid Coronavirus outbreak

Storm Prediction Center's National Weather Service had previously told that 'damaging wind gusts' is likely to happen by noon, Thursday

Apr 10, 2020

Coronavirus

Chinese and Cuban doctors arrive in Italy

How is Italy working to flatten the Coronavirus curve?

The daily increase in the cases has been reducing since its peak on March 21, this reflects Italy's efforts to flatten the curve

Apr 9, 2020

Coronavirus

As China's exports improve after Coronavirus cases recede, could it win global trust by helping?

Almost 4 billion masks, thousands of ventilators and coronavirus testing kits were exported to more than 50 countries, there have been controversies too, can China win global trust?

Apr 9, 2020

Coronavirus

Singapore minister claims Coronavirus battle can last very long

Minister of home affairs, K Shanmugam told that the fight to revive the huge economic impact and the costs caused by coronavirus pandemic would last for a very long time

Apr 8, 2020

Coronavirus

Light show, celebrations after Coronavirus lockdown ends in China's Wuhan

Wuhan lifted its 11 week-long lockdown, it was celebrated with a light show in the city, midnight on Wednesday

Apr 8, 2020

Coronavirus

Hong Kong's pandas mate after a decade of trying; Coronavirus lockdown may have given them privacy

Le Le and Ying Ying, two giant pandas in Hong Kong's Ocean Park have successfully mated after trying for a decade

Apr 8, 2020

Coronavirus

The novel Coronavirus is mutating slower than seasonal flu virus, as per data

Novel coronavirus is mutating at the rate of less than 25 mutations per year, while seasonal flu is mutating at the rate of 50 mutations per year

Apr 7, 2020

Coronavirus

Amazon worker got fired after he planned protest against the company alleging it lied

Chris Smalls got fired from Amazon after he announced a protest against the company alleging it lied

Apr 7, 2020

Coronavirus

Gorbachev calls for world leaders to revise entire global agenda with healthcare as top priority

Amid coronavirus pandemic, Gorbachev told that there is a need to globally reallocate funds from military to human securities

Apr 7, 2020

Coronavirus

This NY state memo says hospital staff be ready to work without personal protective gear

A new memo by the New York State Health Department said that hospitals shall begin preparing doctors and nurses to work without personal protective gear

Apr 6, 2020

Coronavirus