Australia will make it illegal for non-health officials to access data collected on smartphone software to trace the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, amid privacy concerns raised by the measure. Australia has so far avoided the high death toll of other countries, with only 78 deaths, largely as a مزید پڑھیں

The new coronavirus is quickly destroyed by sunlight, according to new research announced by a senior US official on Thursday, though the study has not yet been made public and awaits external evaluation. William Bryan, science and technology advisor to the Department of Homeland Security secretary, told reporters at the White House that government scientists مزید پڑھیں

Germany has authorised its first clinical test of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country’s regulatory body said Wednesday, green-lighting trials on human volunteers for an RNA vaccine developed by German firm Biontech and US giant Pfizer. “The Paul-Ehrlich-Institute […] has authorised the first clinical trial of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Germany,” the مزید پڑھیں

Medical researchers in Japan have developed a new technique to help reverse balding by transplanting a patient’s own hair cells directly into their scalp to stimulate new growth. The technique was developed by a team of dermatologists from the Tokyo Medical University Hospital, led by Ryoji Tsuboi. The team tested the technique on 50 men مزید پڑھیں

Anti-vaxxers are keep on changing their minds because of the coronavirus pandemic,Scientists are racing to produce a coronavirus inoculation. Scientists are racing to produce a coronavirus inoculation on an unprecedented timescale, and some political leaders have warned that the restrictions on our lives may not be completely lifted until one is available. That’s something of مزید پڑھیں

Dubai Health Authority has asked employers to not allow employee insurance to lapse and must renew health insurance at time. Despite most offices being closed because of the pandemic,it is essential that both employees and employers continue to renew the mandatory health insurance and do not allow it to lapse, a top official said. Saleh مزید پڑھیں

Iran is ramping up production of ventilators to help treat coronavirus patients, after several companies received orders placed by the government for thousands of such devices. Pishraft Medical Company is best known for its high-powered CT Scan and anesthetic machines and ventilators. It is now producing ventilators based on digital motor technology to help treat مزید پڑھیں

The United Kingdom will provide £2.67 million to Pakistan to help support its healthcare systems during the coronavirus pandemic, the British High Commission in Islamabad said Saturday. The grant will help Pakistan provide medical assistance to the seriously ill, build stronger systems to detect and test COVID-19 and support communities to have the right information مزید پڑھیں

Experts have warned that the coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a “profound and pervasive impact” on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes. In a paper published in Lancet Psychiatry, a panel of 24 specialists call for more funding for research into the impacts COVID-19 may have مزید پڑھیں

French healthcare company Sanofi and U.S. start-up technology company Luminostics said they were joining up to work on developing a smartphone-based self-testing solution to see if someone has the COVID-19 coronavirus. Luminostics would contribute its proprietary technology forconsumer-diagnostics for COVID-19 testing while Sanofi would bring its clinical research testing experience and capabilities, the companies said مزید پڑھیں