What is the dominant route for the spread of Covid-19? Zhang and others published a research article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, PNAS. They analysed the trend and mitigation measures in three epicentres...
What is the Culprit in the COVID-19 Disease? The Lancet Infectious Disease Journal highlights a comment by Yi and others, which helps to identify a possible route for transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into the human and its resultant effect. The COVID-19...
Does high cholesterol lead to more severe COVID-19 infection? An abstract by Hao Wang & others revealed that when they loaded cells with cholesterol from blood serum using transport in apolipoprotein E this enhanced the endocytic entry of SARS-CoV-2. High...
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection: What is the next step after lockdown? An important challenge for returning to normality is the prevalence of asymptomatic infection and the question of whether such individuals could sustain community virus transmission. Two...
Why have deaths from COVID-19 plateaued in Europe? Is this due to herd immunity? Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 appears to be in marked decline in many countries in Europe, North America and parts of Asia. This follows unprecedented governmental interventions, which...
Physical distancing, face masks and eye protection, do they prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? A review published in The Lancet by Derek Chu and others June 1, 2020. The authors aimed to investigate the effects of physical distance, face...
