Infectious Disease Control

SNUH Provides Appropriate Medical Care to Secure South Korea Medical System in COVID-19 Crisis

SEOUL, South Korea, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH),Seoul, South Korea, treats COVID-19 patients with mild or no symptoms at an isolation facility called "Life Treatment Center." This measure came after the confirmed COVID-19 cases started to soar at the en...

2020-04-06 10:00 4363

COVID-19: Malaysian Tech Company Creates Secure App, Solves Security Concerns for Remote Employees

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As small to large enterprises alike execute social distancing measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a resulting spike in remote working is joined with a plethora of data security concerns. To combat these and keep employees safe, Lin...

2020-04-06 08:00 3423

United Imaging Releases Information on Additional Transportable CTs for the U.S.

HOUSTON, April 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, followed a recent March announcement about transportable CTs with more details on a second collaboration. Continuing its focus on deploying scanners in portable structur...

2020-04-05 21:00 1221

COVID-19 Antibody Test Released by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

RARITAN, New Jersey, April 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Aligned with its mission to improve and save lives with diagnostics, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics today announced it is launching to market its SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19/coronavirus) antibody test—the VITROS® Immunodiagnostic Products Anti-SARS-CoV-2 To...

2020-04-04 07:06 2761

Firmenich Expands Hand Sanitizer Production; Donating 100 Tons Across USA and Switzerland

GENEVA, April 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on Firmenich's donation of 20 tons of hand sanitizer inGeneva, the Group is increasing its production capacity to 100 tons for hospitals, as well as medical and emergency services across theUSA and Switzerland. Firmenich has transformed its productio...

2020-04-04 01:00 4139

Firmenich Expands Hand Sanitizer Production; Donating 100 Tons Across USA and Switzerland

GENEVA, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on Firmenich's donation of 20 tons of hand sanitizer inGeneva, the Group is increasing its production capacity to 100 tons for hospitals, as well as medical and emergency services across theUSA and Switzerland. Firmenich has transformed its productio...

2020-04-04 00:13 2109

Tencent Open-sources Another AI-powered Tool to Help Conduct Preliminary Self-evaluation Regarding COVID-19 Infection

SHENZHEN, China, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Holdings Limited (" Tencent", 00700.HK), announced today to deepen collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). As part of the agreement,Tencent will provide technology support to combat the pandemic and open-sources another AI-powe...

2020-04-03 23:54 8083

WHO and Tencent Deepened Collaboration to Fight Against COVID-19

SHENZHEN, China, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Holdings Limited (" Tencent", 00700.HK), announced today to deepen collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) via aUS$10 million donation to WHO's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, and an agreement to open source our digital healt...

2020-04-03 23:02 7460

VUNO offers a suite of AI solutions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak: VUNO Med(R)- LungQuant(TM) and VUNO Med(R)-Chest X-ray(TM): COVID-19

SEOUL, South Korea, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic raging around the globe,VUNO, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, has decided to move quickly by joining the global coalition to help address some critical issues facing the international healthcare com...

2020-04-03 20:30 1424

Techstars Launches Global Online Startup Weekend Events Aimed at Fighting COVID-19

BOULDER, Colorado, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Techstars, the global platform for investment and innovation, today announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind Global Online Startup Weekend, "Unite to Fight COVID-19." The company is calling on anyone with an idea or desire to help. Participant...

2020-04-03 20:00 2808

Getinge and WaterAid Partner up to Strengthen Access to Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at Health Care Facilities Around the World

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Getinge announces a partnership with the international organization WaterAid. Their joint effort aim at contributing in the important work to ensure availability and sustainable management of clean water, sanitation and hygiene in health car...

2020-04-03 16:57 6652

Unilever Helping to protect lives and livelihoods from the COVID-19 pandemic

LONDON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Unilever, the consumer goods manufacturer of brands including Dove, Knorr, Omo and Lifebuoy, has announced a wide-ranging set of measures to support global and national efforts to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The com...

2020-04-03 16:14 3458

Automobili Lamborghini starts production of surgical masks and medical shields for use in Coronavirus pandemic

SANT'AGATA BOLOGNESE, Itlay, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Automobili Lamborghini is converting departments of its super sports car production plant in Sant'Agata Bolognese in order to produce surgical masks and protective plexiglass shields. The masks will be donated to the Sant'Orsola-Malpighi...

2020-04-03 15:33 1887

Official platforms are turning to Kuaishou in bid to get the message across to a broader population

BEIJING, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- For viewers that keep up with the latest COVID-19 news, Dr Gauden Galea, WHO Representative toChina, appears to be fielding questions on an unlikely platform: Kuaishou, a popular short-video social networking platform.

2020-04-02 21:22 2081

Seed of hope: COVID-19 vaccine trials begin

BEIJING, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on China's recent progress on the COVID-19 vaccine:   As the COVID-19 pandemic rages, threatening countries and regions around the world, progress in developing a vaccine is definitely good news. Currently,Chin...

2020-04-02 21:00 1434

COVID-19 Pandemic Impact: A Surge in Proven Mobile Robotics Use Cases for Disinfection, Monitoring, Surveillance, and Delivery Will Propel the Market to US$23 Billion by 2021

ABI Research whitepaper identifies the short-and long-term impacts the global pandemic will have on Industrial, Collaborative, and Commercial Robotics OYSTER BAY, New York, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coronavirus outbreak has highlighted use cases for mobile robotics to successfully disinfe...

2020-04-02 20:30 2522

Specialty Chemical Company China XD Plastics Provides Update on Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak

HARBIN, China, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- China XD Plastics Company Limited (NASDAQ: CXDC) ("China XD Plastics" or the "Company"), one ofChina's leading specialty chemical companies engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of polymer composite materials primarily for automotive applica...

2020-04-02 20:30 13387

Ansell Urges Global Priority For Supply Of Personal Protective Equipment

BRUSSELS, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ansell Limited, a global leader in protective solutions, is working with governments and health organizations worldwide to ensure unrestricted personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacture and supply is given top priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. As...

2020-04-02 19:10 3258

Philippine's efforts to combat COVID-19 pandemic lauded and supported by ADB

MANILA, Philippines, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lauded the Duterte administration, according to the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF), for its "proactive and preemptive" response to the coronavirus pandemic as it reassuredthe Philippines of its full su...

2020-04-02 15:17 2785

PHL adopting 3-pronged approach to mitigate social, economic effects of COVID-19, says Dominguez

MANILA, Philippines, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Duterte administration is implementing a three-pronged strategy to mitigate the social and economic impact of the current global health crisis anchored on providing emergency aid to marginalized and other vulnerable sectors, protecting health...

2020-04-02 14:23 1908
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