The outbreak of COVID-19 has now become a pandemic. The new coronavirus has affected nearly all continents; at the time of writing, South Korea, Iran, Italy, and other European countries have experienced sharp increases in diagnosed cases. Globalization and increasingly interconnected economies mean most countries will be affected by COVID-19. Global effort is therefore required to break the chains of virus transmission.






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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 10) — A website and mobile application was launched this week for a more real-time tracking of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines.

Those with Internet access can create an account on "StaySafe.PH" to help the national and local government units keep track of the health status of the public.

During the online registration process, users will be asked if they are feeling any of the COVID-19 symptoms, such as fever, co...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 10) — A website and mobile application was launched this week for a more real-time tracking of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines.

Those with Internet access can create an account on "StaySafe.PH" to help the national and local government units keep track of the health status of the public.

During the online registration process, users will be asked if they are feeling any of the COVID-19 symptoms, such as fever, co...

The increased risk for COVID-19 pneumonia in people who smoke cigarettes or have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be at least partly explained by increased levels of an enzyme that enables the virus to more easily enter their lungs, according to a research letter published today in the European Respiratory Journal.



In the same journal, a study has identified advanced age, underlying cardiovascular or cerebrovascular illnesses, low levels of CD3+CD8+ T cells ...

World Health Organization (WHO) have created a section in their website with a daily updated timeline of statements related to COVID-19 latest WHO news.

Click here to access WHO timeline

The Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) published some statements and recommendations for all the Pneumology Units during the Covid-19 Pandemic. 

The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) joins the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), Society of Family Planning (SFP), Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS), and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), in providing the following recommendations for obstetrician-gynecologists regarding the American Co...

Roylab Stats post live videos everyday in Youtube with a real-time counter of coronavirus confirmed and recovered cases in all over the world. 
The video also shows a colored world map, and breaking news. This stream is for anyone that wants to know the real-time progression of the worldwide spread of this virus.

Click here to access its Youtube channel

The Spanish Society of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery (SECCE) published a list of criteria to improve the surgical management in the cardiovascular pathology units. The aim is to protect the health and safety of cardiovascular surgical patients, collaborate with the health system in the containment and progression of the pandemic and strengthen the health system public during alarm state in Spain. The publication has been carried out together with the Andalusian Society of Cardiovasc...

An AI challenge with AI2, CZI, MSR, Georgetown, NIH & The White House!



Dataset Description
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House and a coalition of leading research groups have prepared the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19). CORD-19 is a resource of over 47,000 scholarly articles, including over 36,000 with full text, about COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, and related coronaviruses. This freely available dataset is provided to the global research communit...

CoronaHack is a virtual hackathon bringing together Biomedical and data scientists to explore ways to combat CoronaVirus!
It is going to open on Tuesday 14th April until Sunday 19th April. 
Description:
Please join us for this high profile hackathon designed to accelerate approaches to monitoring, diagnosing and controlling the CoronaVirus.

This event will shortly go virtual through a platform with full access to covid-19 datasets and other technology.

You will work...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has carried out a study in order to define which mitigation strategies should be implemented for communities with local COVID-19 transmission.