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Contribution of Science, Technology and Innovation is Key for Facing Challenges in the Health Industry and for Economic Recovery after the Pandemic
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, held a virtual meeting with ministers and senior officials from ministries and bodies in charge of science and technology from 15 of the region’s countries.The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the importance of a thriving scientific ecosystem for dealing with global crises. In this two-part article series, Kaushik Biswas, Associate Professor at the Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, discusses how innovative scientific endeavours are paving the way for better prevention and treatment strategies for this rapidly-spreading disease.
Understanding the “enemy”
Broadly, viruses can be classified into two main types depending on the nature of their genetic material – DNA viruses and RNA viruses. This genetic material enables the virus to hijack the host’s cellular machinery and synthesize proteins critical for its survival. SARS-CoV‑2, like other coronaviruses, contains RNA as its genome. Members of the medical team from Beijing's China-Japan Friendship Hospital visit a novel coronavirus pneumonia patient in an ICU ward at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on March 25, 2020. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]
Experts exploring new, innovative approaches to tackle novel coronavirus
Science and technology have played, and will continue to play, a decisive role in mitigating the pandemic, whether it is by discovering new features about the novel coronavirus, looking for new treatment or vaccines or offering expertise in psychological services, experts said.
But science does not always proceed in an unambiguous straight line toward progress. These undertakings, especially those involve pushing boundaries deeper into the unknown, are time-consuming, complicated and unpredictable. So it is important for the public to understand the scientific process to fully respect and appreciate these efforts, they said.
As President Xi Jinping has said, the COVID-19 epidemic is the "fastest spreading, most infectious and most challenging public health emergency since the birth of New China". He has also stressed that epidemic control efforts require the support of science and technology and urged scientists who are working on treatment and a vaccine to accelerate their research while upholding rigorous scientific practices and ensuring their products are safe.
With the leadership of Xi and joint efforts by the whole of society, the epidemic is now under control in China, said Huai Jinpeng, executive vice-president of the China Association for Science and Technology.
"But the disease is still spreading across the globe, and there is a strong downward pressure for the world economy and a noticeable spike in instability and uncertainty," he said at a meeting with the nation's science officials on April 30.
During this critical juncture, Chinese scientists need to be even more hardworking and pragmatic, and make a greater contribution to the nation's post-epidemic socioeconomic recovery with science and innovation, Huai said.
At the same time, they also need to expand their network of cooperation at home and abroad. Science officials and workers should maintain high ethical and professional standards, and be a role model for society, he added.
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The power of our scientific knowledge helped to guide us through the pandemic. Through Science, we know what the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is, we know how it spreads through the human population, we know how to fight it, how to treat it, and how to minimize the death rate from it.
1. Understanding the “enemy”
Broadly, viruses can be classified into two main types depending on the nature of their genetic material – DNA viruses and RNA viruses. Science helped us to know the nature of their genetic material.
2. Limiting the spread of the virus
The very first step was to identify the process through which the virus spreads – is it airborne, blood-borne, or does it spread through some other means? Knowing this answer was crucial to developing a strategy to limit its spread. Clinical data and epidemiological studies quickly established that SARS-CoV‑2 spreads from person-to-person either through direct contact or through water droplets from the patient’s cough or nasal discharge.
This is how Science helped us to deal with Covid-19 virus.
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