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Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Associated with Physical Inactivity

Different guidelines call for all adults to engage in at least 150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity. It is well-known that regular physical activity reduces the risk of systemic inflammation, which is a major contributor to lun...

Jul 21, 2021
WHO: Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir, and Interferon Regimens Do Not Reduce Mortality Caused by Covid-19

World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a large, open-label, randomised-controlled trial involving hospital inpatients to evaluate the effects of remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, and interferon beta-1a on mortality caused by Covid-19. Th...

Dec 16, 2020
China Has Begun the Monoclonal Neutralising Antibody Phase 1 Clinical Trial against COVID-19

China Has Begun the Monoclonal Neutralising Antibody Phase 1 Clinical Trial against COVID-19 China has begun the recombinant fully human monoclonal neutralising antibody (JS016) phase 1 clinical trial against COVID-19 in Shanghai on 7 June 2020 afte...

Jul 8, 2020
Clinical Trial of Antiviral for Novel Coronavirus Kick-started in China

In order to combat the current outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (nCoV) reported in Wuhan, China, Chinese scientists select 30 medications including traditional Chinese medicines as candidates against nCoV 1 . In particular, an ant...

Apr 1, 2020
Early Estimation of Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 in China

The outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China is still ongoing and has spread to other regions in China and overseas. It has been reported that the estimated basic reproductive number (Ro) of COVID-19 repo...

Mar 25, 2020
Report on the Estimation of Basic Reproduction Number of Novel Coronavirus in China

The outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China is still ongoing. As of 19-March, 2020, there have been more than 80,928 confirmed cases of infections and 3,245 deaths in mainland China. Besides, there are 7...

Mar 20, 2020