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Coronavirus , officially known as Covid-19, that started spreading from China's Hubei province, has now affected over 150 countries across the globe. China has the most number of cases recorded and most number of deaths. Italy has seen a shocking and sudden rise in the number of cases and deaths. The country has been in total lockdown as the death toll increased. Iran has reported several deaths and has been trying to contain the impact of Covid-19. India is gradually seeing the impact of the virus. Worried about the influx of people carrying the virus from abroad, India suspended all visas till April 15. Worldwide, a number of sporting events, conferences, meets, summits and gatherings have been cancelled. Threat looms over Tokyo Olympics 2020 as well. Read More

With the coronavirus reaching tech parks, campuses of multinational companies and even schools and colleges in Bengaluru, the IT city is gearing up to shoot the trouble with the help of technology. The city has so far reported four positive coronavirus cases . As more employees opt for work from home in this time of crisis, start-ups are launching a suite of products to support collaboration and communication among workers. Ozonetel, a city-based start-up, for example, has rolled out a cloud-based solution for call centre companies to switch to work-from-home, in order to contain the spread of the virus. Using the solution, a company can route calls to mobile phones or even landlines, instead of them taking calls via desktop. Human resource management software start-up Kredily has started providing its attendance management app for free to companies. Unlike a contact-based biometric system, the web-based authentication system rules out the possibility of spreading the virus th

Coronavirus ’ ( Covid-19 ) sensitivity to temperature has many people looking at summers with high hopes as the outbreak continues to rage on. Recent studies, however, are not as optimistic. Research by a team from south China’s Sun Yat-sen University, sought to determine how the spread of the virus might be affected by changes in season and temperature, according to a report in The South China Morning Post. “ Temperature could significantly change Covid-19 transmission,” it said. “And there might be a best temperature for viral transmission.” This temperature ‘sweet spot’ -- an optimum level at which the outbreak spreads faster – has given rise to assumptions that seasonal changes will curb the outbreak, the newspaper reported quoting the study. The “virus is highly sensitive to high temperature”, which could prevent it from spreading in warmer countries, while the opposite appeared to be true in colder climes, the study said. Read More

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 1,868 as of the end of Monday, up by 98 from the previous day, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. The central Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 93 deaths, while in the provincial capital of Wuhan, 72 people died. Across mainland China, there were 1,886 new confirmed infections on Monday, bringing the total so far to 72,436. Read More