You should also do project on covid 19. Collect information and make a file on lt. for 10 marks
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Today, the European Commission together with several partners launched a European COVID-19 Data Platform to enable the rapid collection and sharing of available research data. The platform, part of the ERAvsCorona Action Plan, marks another milestone in the EU's efforts to support researchers in Europe and around the world in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, said: “Launching the European COVID-19 Data Platform is an important concrete measure for stronger cooperation in fighting the coronavirus. Building on our dedicated support for open science and open access over the years, now is the time to step up our efforts and stand united with our researchers. Through our joint efforts, we will better understand, diagnose and eventually overpower the pandemic.”
The new platform will provide an open, trusted, and scalable European and global environment where researchers can store and share datasets, such as DNA sequences, protein structures, data from pre-clinical research and clinical trials, as well as epidemiological data. It is the result of a joint effort by the European Commission, the European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-EBI), the Elixir infrastructure and the COMPARE project, as well as the EU Member States and other partners.
Rapid open sharing of data greatly accelerates research and discovery, allowing for an effective response to the coronavirus emergency. The European COVID-19 Data Platform is in line with the principles established in the Statement on Data Sharing in Public Health Emergency and accentuates the Commission's commitment to open research data and Open Science, which aims at making science more efficient, reliable, and responsive to societal challenges. In this context, the platform is also a priority pilot, aimed at realising the objectives of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), and builds upon established networks between EMBL-EBI and national public health data infrastructures
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• The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) has launched a
GOARN COVID-19 Knowledge hub. The hub is designed as a central repository of
quality public health information, guidance, tools and webinars which can be
accessed freely at any point.
• WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros, in his regular media briefing yesterday,
cautioned that “we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long
time”. He added that “the world cannot go back to the way things were. There
must be a “new normal” – a world that is healthier, safer and better prepared”.
His speech can be found here.
• WHO has published guidance ‘Addressing Human Rights as Key to the COVID-19
Response’. The guidance document highlights the importance of integrating a
human rights-based approach into the COVID-19 response and highlights key
considerations in relation to addressing stigma and discrimination, prevention
of violence against women, support for vulnerable populations, quarantine and
restrictive measures, and shortages of supplies and equipment.
• All available evidence for COVID-19 suggests that SARS-CoV-2 has a zoonotic
source. Many researchers have been able to look at the genomic features of
SARS-CoV-2 and have found that evidence does not support that SARS-CoV-2 is
a laboratory construct. A constructed virus would show a mix of known elements
within genomic sequences – this is not the case. For more details, please see
‘subject in focus’.