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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
In response to the COVID-19 threat, the Government of Sri Lanka has made it mandatory for people to wear masks when in public spaces.This article compiled by Prof. Vasanthi TheVanesam, the president of Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology, outlines the most important points for using masks effectively.
Face Masks Against Covid-19 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
A group of scientists from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura has been able to fully decode the genome of the SARS-Cov2 virus. According to a news report by the University the research team headed by Prof. Neelika Malawige from the Centre for Dengue Research at the Allergy, Immunology and Cell Biology Unit has also been able to identify four different strains of the SARS-Cov-2 virus from Covid 19 patients in Sri Lanka. According to the university website this is the first time in which a full genome of a virus has been sequenced in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Scientists Read the Full Genome of SARS-Cov-2 and Identify Four Different Strains of The Virus 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
It’s just about three months from identifying the first COVID-19 patient in China. And just in little over 100 days the disease have now become a global scare with about 75000 deaths .
COVID-19 Different Battle Fronts: Different Scenarios Read More
In a viral pandemic like COVID-19 the concern is that the dead bodies of victims can spread the virus among the people who closely handle or work with them. At the same time there is a huge debate on whether burying the bodies of COVID-19 victims may facilitate the viral spread through the ground water table.
Science behind burying the COVID-19 infected dead bodies Read More
Many countries including Sri Lanka and USA began to use Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin as antiviral drugs to cut down the SARS-CoV-2 viral count of COVID-19 patients after a non randomized …
Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin not effective against COVID-19 – study says Read More
With the entire country and more two third of rest of the world is under lock down we are facing the biggest health crisis of the century. As of today the total death count reported from around the world have gone up passing 67000 while the total confirmed Covid-19 cases have gone up to 1.2 million worldwide.
Testing COVID-19- The Process Read More