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Releasing a special report on 11th August 2021 Independent Expert Group appointed by the World Health Organization urged the Sri Lankan authorities to impose immediate travel restrictions to control the current outbreak and save at least 18000 lives from this deadly pandemic.
Impose Immediate Mobility Restrictions and Save 18000 Sri Lankan Lives: WHO Expert Group Urges Read More
In a special ceremony held in Colombo on 30th July 2021, National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka launched a book titled “COVID-19, Impact Mitigation, Opportunities and Building Resilience”. The book discusses different perspectives of global relevance based on research, experiences and successes in combating COVID-19 here in Sri Lanka, and contain opinions of experts from different fields that are directly related to the ongoing pandemic. In this event, Prof. Malik Peiris, the world-renowned virologist from University of Hong Kong delivered a special presentation titled “Reflections on a post-pandemic future”.
Sri Lanka to Face the Worst of COVID-19 in Coming Weeks – Prof. Malik Peiris Read More
One of the most remarkable observation with COVID 19 disease was that males are more vulnerable to this virus than females. As given in the graph below, in many countries men are at a significantly higher risk of having severe symptoms and dying when compared to women. A recent study study, published in the European Heart Journal on 11th May (Monday), has been able to give a clear explanation to this observation. The study done by a team headed by Dr Adriaan Voors (MD-PhD), Professor of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Groningen (The Netherlands) was aimed at finding the effect of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors on ACE2 concentrations in blood plasma.
Men’s blood contains greater concentrations of ACE2 enzyme making them more susceptible to COVID-19 Read More
Innovation is a new idea, creative thought or a new imagination in the form of a device or a method which originates as a solution to a problem. When there are more problems around, more innovations come up. During the world war ii many new inventions ranging from antibiotics to rocket technologies. Many of those inventions were a result of the hardship people had to go through during those difficult and challenging times. At present COVID 19 pandemic has created such scenario where the entire human population facing one of the biggest challenges the world has ever faced creating many problems individually and socially. We can see individuals and organizations going after answers or solutions for those problems paving the way to many innovations and inventions throughout the world.
COVID-19 pandemic, an ideal opportunity for innovation? Read More
Diagnostic testing has become a valuable tool in tackling the COVID-19. It can be considered as one of the most important tools in fighting to reduce the spread and impact of the virus as it allows to identify infected individuals, thus, guide them with medical treatment.
COVID-19 Diagnostics. Are we aware? Interview with Dr. Chamindri Witharana Read More
Whenever an epidemic unfolds, a certain number of deaths are inevitable. But some will go through the disease phase and recover. Another set of individuals live through the infection even …
What factors make COVID – 19 to go asymptomatic to deadly? Read More
Global pandemic COVID – 19 is pulling the brakes on the entire planet. In the face of it, the whole world is consistently experiencing rocketed numbers of daily cases and deaths, lock downed towns, collapsing economies, etc.
A Walk Through The Timescale of Pandemics Read More
Most of the time countries use number of confirmed COVID-19 cases as one of the main parameters to measure the severity of the disease within a country or a region. But does this number gives the actual number of COVID-19 infected people within a region?
Number of COVID-19 confirmed cases; Is it just a tip of an huge iceberg? Read More
Sri Lankan Scientists Look for Existing Drugs to Fight Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
Sri Lankan Scientists Look for Existing Drugs to Fight Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) Read More