The COVID-19 pandemic has caused educational institutions around the world to close their doors and move their teaching and learning into the online space. For many medical educators, who usually rely on face-to-face and blended instruction, this…
This paper reports the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of the first critical COVID-19 patient in Liaocheng City, who was admitted to the intensive care unit isolation ward of Liaocheng People's Hospital on February 11, 2020. On…
One of the characteristic symptoms caused by SARS-CoV-2 is a totally or partially altered sense of smell; which may or may not be combined with an altered sense of taste. This alteration appears to last anywhere from ten days to several weeks. It’s…
Background: As we live in an interconnected globalized world, people and the diseases they carry can be easily transmitted to any place in a matter of hours. SARS-CoV-2 began like all new viruses with an ordinary moment when a cluster of patients…
All too often, disabled people are left behind in emergencies, and this is a risk in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This is an important issue, as globally there are approximately one billion people with disabilities. This number includes one in…
Safe Motherhood Program (SMP) has been one of the successful ongoing maternal health programs in Nepal. It is the major reason for Nepal being able to reduce its Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) significantly falling from 539 to 281 deaths per 100000…
This survey assessed the symptoms/signs, protective measures, awareness, and perception levels regarding COVID-19 among dentists in Lombardy, Italy. Moreover, an analysis of the answers gathered in areas with different prevalence of the disease was…
INTRODUCTION: Supply network design is a long-studied topic that has evolved to address disruptive situations. The risk of supply chain disruption leads to the development of resilient supply chains that are capable of reacting effectively.…
We’ve all read about the repercussions of pandemics in the past centuries, but COVID-19 is the first one we’ve struggled through! As uncertainty prevails in this unprecedented lockdown, we have deliberated over our perspective of our country’s…