Covid 19

Now facing high levels of demand for online orders due to COVID-19, Coupang has been busy, and the warehouse near Seoul has now become a new hotspot for infection. According to the publication, thousands of temporary staff were hired to cope with high consumer demand, but these large numbers may have had social distancing difficult. Investigating health authorities have also suggested that some employees did not wear masks and protective equipment was not properly cleaned or disposed of.  … [Read more...] about Softbank-backed Coupang becomes central to new South Korean COVID-19 outbreak

These include conducting daily temperature screenings and symptom checks before workers enter the office, requiring employees to wear face coverings in all areas of the work space, moving workstations to keep employees at least 6 feet apart, placing markings on the floor to facilitate social distancing and installing transparent "shields" in places where social distancing is not an option. … [Read more...] about Here’s what office life could look like amid COVID-19, according to new CDC guidelines

Safeguarding information is essential to our mission and our role as a financial institution as we process and originate tens of thousands of loans to small businesses across the country impacted by Covid 19. Monday, there was a computer anomaly whereby one small business applicant’s name, email, address, phone number, and the last four SSN digits were shared with one other applicant. We performed a thorough investigation in conjunction with our partners and are working to ensure this remains an isolated incident. … [Read more...] about Loan site buckling under COVID-19 strain shows man another applicant’s data

"These were blood samples that are taken from COVID-19 patients during routine treatment," Garg said. He added that there is no evidence that monkeys (or any animal) can catch the coronavirus through contact with blood from infected people, the New York Times reported. Instead, the coronavirus is primarily spread through contaminated respiratory droplets and possibly through aerosols containing viral particles, Live Science previously reported. … [Read more...] about Monkey steals COVID-19 blood samples from a lab technician in India

Wrong virus, right drug? Remdesivir was originally developed to target a different virus: Ebola. It works by binding to the enzyme that copies the RNA genome of the Ebola virus. Since our cells don't need to make copies of RNA, the hope has been that we can find drugs that target the viral enzyme but not any that our own cells need. Testing had already indicated it was safe for general use, suggesting that remdesivir was successful in this regard. Unfortunately, it didn't clearly work against the Ebola virus, leaving it in the very large collection of drugs that are safe but ineffective. … [Read more...] about First bit of success from a randomized trial of a COVID-19 treatment [Updated]