Mediacorp
Innovating Ventilators: Saving Lives in the New Normal
With a ventilator shortage looming during the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and engineers in Singapore developed a non-invasive ventilator that could be fully manufactured in the country. Explore how it works. Pandemic Innovations part 6/6
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Practicing Safe Distancing: Understanding the Importance of the 1 Meter Rule
In this video, the host investigates how well people are following the safe distance rules in Singapore and wonders how we decide what a safe distance is. Pandemic part 4/7
Physics Girl
"Of course it's scary." - Candid Interview with COVID-19 ER Nurse and Epidemiologist
Dianna from Physics Girl interviews an ER Nurse Practitioner and an Epidemiologist about their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global Health with Greg Martin
The MERS Outbreak
This Week in Global Health covers everything you wanted to know about MERS-CoV and the MERS outbreak. We do the digging and answer your questions; What is MERS? Where is the MERS outbreak happening? How is the MERS-CoV transmitted and...
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How it spreads, infects: Coronavirus impact comes into focus
According to a report by the Associated Press, the coronavirus spreads when a healthy individual breathes in respiratory droplets that are expelled by infected individuals.
TLDR News
Is The Coronavirus Getting Stronger? - TLDR Explains
Over the past few days the scale of the coronavirus seems to be escalating at a worrying rate, with increasing fatalities across the globe. In this video, we discuss what the coronavirus actually is, how it spreads and if you should...
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The Rise of Cleaning Robots: Battling COVID-19 with the XD Bot
The COVID-19 pandemic made people rethink their cleaning routines and increased demand for deep cleaning services. Meet some innovators who think that the future of effective and efficient sanitation may be robots! Pandemic Innovations...
TLDR News
Coronavirus Lockdown: Johnson Announces the UK’s COVID Lockdown - TLDR News.
With the Coronavirus spreading around the country, Johnson's government has decided to extend the UK's coronavirus prevention by locking down the country. This means that Brits are only allowed to leave their homes for specified reasons....
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COVID: What Happens If We Never Discover a Vaccine? - TLDR News.
We're all locked inside at the moment because we're concerned about the spread of the Coronavirus, and it looks like we're going to have to stay where we are until the situation changes. One way this could happen is through the...
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New coronavirus spreads despite Beijing’s efforts at containment
On Thursday, China’s number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections grew to 28,000 cases or a 15 percent increase over the previous day.
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COVID’s dangerous ‘Delta variant’ enters Australia
A much more contagious variant of the virus is spreading around the world, and this so-called Delta variant has now entered Australia.
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Trump’s COVID treatments: Dexamethasone, remdesivir and Regeneron explained
U.S. President Donald Trump has received a number of different treatments for coronavirus, including investigational drugs
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Understanding the Predicted End of the Pandemic
Can the end of the COVID-19 pandemic be predicted? A data scientist shares his findings and explains how we should interpret them. Pandemic part 7/7
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356 dead elephants — killer finally found
Botswana government’s reaction to massive die-off disaster was slowed by Coronavirus lockdown rules
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More than 600 new cases of coronavirus emerge at German slaughterhouse
More than 600 people at a slaughterhouse located in Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Germany have tested positive for coronavirus.
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China finds heavy coronavirus contamination at Beijing food market
China has published the preliminary report on the Xinfadi market, a major food distributor that is linked to Beijing’s latest surge in coronavirus cases.
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Study finds human coronaviruses can survive on surfaces for up to 9 days
New analysis shows that many human coronavirus strains can stay infectious on inanimate surfaces for up to 9 days.
Healthcare Triage
Do People with Certain Blood Types Have Worse Covid-19 Symptoms?
There's been a lot of discussion about differing Covid experiences and symptoms among people with different blood types. Does your blood type determine how ill you become if you develop Covid-19? We're looking at some preprint studies to...
TLDR News
Trump Lashes out at World Health Organisation: Was the WHO Too Slow To Act? - TLDR News
Donald Trump has recently been attacking the World Health Organisation, blaming the WHO for the continued outbreak. This has raised the question, are Trump's concerns and complaints valid? Or is the President just trying to deflect from...
Mediacorp
A Robot Dog Monitors Public Health Compliance in Singapore
One creative solution to enforce coronavirus safety measures was to deploy a robot dog. See how this dog processes what's going on and intervenes when people are not following the rules. Pandemic Innovations part 4/6
Economics Explained
How The Suez Crisis Might Give Rise To A New Industry_: The Linchpin In The World's Trade Network
How is the Suez Canal disaster going to impact the already struggling shipping industry? Who is actually going to end up paying the 400 million dollars an hour that this debacle was reported to cost? And how might all of this help...
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How the coronavirus came to Germany
According to a report from Euractiv in collaboration with Reuters, Germany’s Patient Zero was a Chinese woman working at the Shanghai branch of Webasto Group, a German car parts supplier. The woman’s parents visited her from Wuhan before...
Financial Times
How coronavirus has stepped up geopolitical rivalry - outgoing UK spy chief
In an exclusive interview, Sir Alex Younger, codenamed 'C', who steps down from his role after 30 years at MI6 this week, tells FT editor Roula Khalaf the global pandemic has redoubled the secret service's mission and increased its...
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China built massive Covid camp in a few days
China is rushing to build a massive quarantine camp that can house more than 4,000 people, after an outbreak of Covid-19 this month that has left tens of millions of people under strict lockdown.